Informed consent is a free choice a person makes about their healthcare, understanding what it may gain them and what it risks. Good practice means the practitioner: (a) gives information the patient can understand before seeking consent; (b) allows enough time for questions and decisions; (c) acts according to the patient's capacity to decide and consent, including for children and young people by maturity, understanding and the nature of the care, considering whether consent is also needed from a parent, carer, guardian or other substitute decision-maker; (d) obtains informed consent from the patient or, if they lack capacity, from the parent, carer, guardian or substitute decision-maker, before any examination, investigation, treatment (an emergency may make this impossible) or involvement in teaching or research, covering material risks and expected outcomes and taking account of any advance care directive; (e) obtains financial consent by discussing fees appropriately, covering the cost of all required services and agreeing the level of treatment, preferably before the service; (f) tells patients the benefits, costs and risks of a referral for further investigation or treatment; and (g) documents consent appropriately, considering written consent for higher-risk procedures or those that could cause serious injury or death.
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