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HCA 322 Week 1 Assignment, Informed Consent, Blood Transfusion

During the first week of class we are discussing informed consent and the idea of the decisions that are being …in a collective matter between the patient and the healthcare professionals. “In health care it is generally accepted that there are five requirements necessary for there to be informed consent. These requirements are: Adequate disclosure of information, Decisional capacity of the patient, The patient’s comprehension of information, Voluntariness (freedom from coercion), Consent of the patient” (Bustillos, D., 2013). This paper will discuss how each one of these aspects fits into the consent form for blood transfusion……….Continued (09 Pages with References)