Informed consent refers to the patient's understanding and recognition of his own condition and the diagnosis and treatment plan made by the doctor accordingly. It requires doctors to provide patients with the basis for making a diagnosis and treatment plan, that is, information about their condition, and explain their benefits, adverse reactions, dangers and other possible accidents, so that patients can make their own decisions, accept or not accept this treatment, also known as informed commitment or commitment.
In psychological counseling, informed consent means that before establishing a counseling relationship with visitors, counselors have the responsibility to explain their professional qualifications, theoretical orientation, work experience, counseling or treatment process, potential risks of treatment, application of goals and technologies, confidentiality principles and consulting fees to help visitors freely decide whether to receive counseling or treatment.
Informed consent is a written proof that patients express their willingness to receive medical treatment. However, at this stage, patients have a lot of dissatisfaction with the informed consent form, which feels like signing a "life and death certificate". Informed consent must conform to the principle of "full notice". Use words and languages that the subjects can understand, so that the subjects can "fully understand" and "choose independently".
Informed consent should not contain words that require or imply that the subjects give up the right to compensation, or that the researchers' negligence or technical defects must be proved before they can ask for free medical treatment or compensation.