ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Awareness as a criterion of the legality of obtaining the patient's consent to medical intervention
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Correspondence should be addressed: Alexander N. Pishchita
Barrikadnaya st., 2/1, b. 1, Moscow; ur.liam@atihcsipxela
Author contribution: Pishchita AN, Alekseev VA — contribution to the concept, analysis of legislation, Borisov KN — contribution to the concept, editing.
The doctrine of patient consent to medical intervention, as a compulsory procedure, emerged in the forties of the twentieth century. However, up until the present the problem of obtaining patient consent cannot be considered conclusively resolved. One of the intervention legality criteria is the patient's complete (sufficient) awareness of the proposed medical intervention.
Keywords: patient rights, informed voluntary consent of the patient, medical intervention, right to personal integrity, patient awareness, complete (sufficient) information, duties of medical professionals