How are evidence-informed practice related to informed consent
Current medical ethical standards on informed consent require social workers to engage the patient in a discussion about their medical condition and proposed treatments. The objective of the practice is that the patient makes an informed decision about their health care and treatment process. Informed consent entails dialogue with the patient that took place before the patient signs the document. It is an ethical and legal requirement to safeguard and keep confidential information about the client.
Informed consent is obtained for medical treatment and participation in medical research, and it is a requirement by law and ethical standards. It involves communication where the patient is informed about a voluntary decision about medical care. Informed consent requires expansion to enable the physicians to disclose the reason for the social worker’s expectations. It developed from the social movement toward independence while preserving medical advances that were initially questioned. It enables the critical players in coming up with a guideline for the treatment process. Essential components of the treatment process require ethical regulations to enhance professionalism. The provision of adequate information helps avoid any level of unfair bias.
Evidence-based practice in informed consent has a wide range of effects on ethical clinical practice. The third-party within the treatment process requires an imperative moral obligation to provide adequate disclosure to patients about treatment. The third parties are made to have the main objective of the wishes of the patient. The guidelines are stipulated within the ethical standards to enable professionalism in the healing process. The commitment to evidence-based practice allows the patients to provide information about the treatment ethically. The evidence-informed method precisely considers the effects of social workers’ legal and ethical roles to inform patients about better medical practices adequately.