[Patient information duties in radiation oncology]

N Pourel; B Py; D Safran

doi:10.1016/j.canrad.2014.07.155

[Patient information duties in radiation oncology]

Cancer Radiother. 2014 Oct;18(5-6):545-8. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2014.07.155. Epub 2014 Sep 4.

[Article in French]

Authors

N Pourel¹, B Py², D Safran³

Affiliations

¹ Service de radiothérapie, institut Sainte-Catherine, 250, chemin de Baigne-Pieds, 84000 Avignon, France. Electronic address: n.pourel@isc84.org.
² Faculté de droit de Nancy, université de Lorraine, 13, place Carnot, 54000 Nancy, France.
³ Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.

PMID: 25201635
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2014.07.155

Abstract

Patient information duties are a basic task of radiation oncologists in their daily practice. This article is essentially a factsheet on legal obligations, the value of written informed consent and information documents that ought to be given to patient.

Keywords: Information; Patient; Radiation oncology; Radiothérapie.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Allied Health Personnel
Clinical Trials as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence
Documentation
Duty to Warn / legislation & jurisprudence*
France
Human Experimentation / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*
Medical Records
Neoplasms / psychology
Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Pamphlets
Patient Education as Topic
Patient Rights / legislation & jurisprudence*
Physicians
Professional-Patient Relations
Radiation Oncology / legislation & jurisprudence*
Radiotherapy* / adverse effects
Truth Disclosure