Medical Procedures & Your Rights: The Truth About Informed Consent

📋 What is informed consent—and why is it so important for your health and your rights as a patient?

I break down what informed consent really means in healthcare: how it's supposed to work, what your provider is legally and ethically required to explain, and when consent doesn’t count (yes, there are illegal practices you should know about).

We'll also look at the painful history that led to today’s medical ethics standards—from Tuskegee to forced sterilization—and why informed consent is a crucial safeguard, especially for marginalized communities.

Whether you're facing a surgery, treatment, clinical trial, or just want to better understand your rights—this video will empower you with knowledge.

00:00 Introduction to Informed Consent
00:38 Key Elements of Informed Consent
01:24 Exceptions and Special Cases
02:02 Routine Procedures and Informed Consent
03:08 Historical Atrocities and the Evolution of Informed Consent
03:49 Notorious Examples of Medical Experimentation
05:58 Legal Recognition and Modern Importance

✊ Your body, your choice—backed by ethics and law.

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Видео Medical Procedures & Your Rights: The Truth About Informed Consent канала Dena Goldberg, MS, CGC (Dena DNA)