1. Describe the forms of consent (oral, written, or body language).

2. Distinguish between explicit/express consent (spoken or written) and implicit consent (taking off clothes for examination)

3. Describe the purposes of getting informed consent (autonomy rights & protect the physician).

THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTONOMY:

4. Appreciate that adults are presumed to be competent unless otherwise proved

5. Appreciate that irrational decisions by a competent person are binding.

6. Describe the scope of consent in terms of duration (if time relapses new consent should be sought) and the extent of the procedure (only what was consented to is done).

7. Appreciate that consent does not force a physician to carry out a procedure he things is inappropriate eg amputation of a healthy limb, sex change operation.