Business Ethics Informed Consent

Business Ethics

Informed Consent is mainly referred to the process of getting consent or permission before conducting
any health intervention. A health care professional has to take permission of the patient before
providing any kind of treatment. There are proper guidelines to take informed consent. It is also known
as a process of communication in which patient has the authority to make a voluntary or informed
decision regarding accepting or rejecting medical care or treatment. In medical treatment, it is
important to obtain medical consent because it explains respect for the patients and the rights of the
patients to creating integrity. It also helps in providing freedom to the patient to take decisions
regarding their health. It also ensures the protection of the patients against wrong and unwanted
medical treatment (Mika, 2012). It also encourages the participation of the patient in medical planning.
Generally medical practitioner takes signature of the patient on some forms for getting informed
consent. It is an ethical requirement to take informed consent so that in future there will be no chances
of conflict. It also safeguards the interest of patient as well as the medical practitioner. Sometimes,
getting informed consent from the patient becomes impossible so in such cases consent of surrogate
decision making should be identified to express the patient’s wishes. Although in some emergency
situation, the concept of informed consent does not work and in that case medical professionals have to
act according to the best interest of the patient (Cribb & Gewirtz, 2015).
According to me, a professional is a person who involved in any kind of profession. A profession means a
career for someone who wants to be a part of the society, who possess some specific skills or knowledge
and becomes competent in any specific sector with the help of training. It’s a person who always
maintains their skills by professional development and promise to behave in an ethical way in order to
protect the interest of the public (Shaw, 2017). There is a very important role of the professional in our
daily lives like we need doctor when we are not well, we need teachers for education and tailors for
stitching our clothes. In nineteenth century, the definition of professional was little different and they
were defined on the basis of law, medicine and religion. But now, there is different kind of professionals
getting expertise in different areas. There are people who require certain standards of education from
automotive technicians to web designers so all that are known as professionals. Professionalism can be
getting by building some skills and expertise in a field of interest. It is important to continue learning and
stay up to date in interest area for maintaining the professionalism. It is the responsibility of the
professional to fulfill the requirement of the customers, to solve problems and to improve the lives of
the people by applying knowledge and skills (Gaglio, 2014).