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    Truly informed consent requires much more than mere discl... — Carmelics
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    Truly informed consent requires much more than mere disclosure of information

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    • The point of disclosure is the comprehension potentially gained through effective communication, not disclosure itself
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    • 1.Disclosure itself constitutes a legally and morally sufficient transfer of epistemic responsibility from physician to patient.
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    • 2.Requiring comprehension as a condition of valid consent shifts undue paternalistic burdens onto healthcare providers to guarantee patient understanding.
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    • 3.Faden and Beauchamp's own autonomy model acknowledges that substantial, not perfect, understanding suffices—making 'much more than disclosure' an overcorrection.
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    • 1.Mill's harm principle grounds consent in voluntary non-interference, not guaranteed comprehension, preserving liberty even under imperfect information.
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    • 2.Imposing comprehension requirements beyond disclosure risks disenfranchising patients deemed insufficiently understanding by clinician standards.
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    Many contemporary writers therefore emphasize that truly informed consent requires much more than mere disclosure, and that the point of disclosure, rather, is the comprehension potentially gained through effective communication (Beauchamp and Childress 2008, 127ff; Manson and O’Neill 2007, e.g., 184–5). Psychologists and health literacy experts seek effective ways to improve comprehension among patients and candidate study participants (Candilis and Lidz 2010). And when a patient or a candidate
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