informed consent not needed in some cases # 6

In some cases informed consent is needed before a doctor can work on you as a patient. The signed piece of paper is there to cover the doctors rear end if a mistake is made. In a lot of cases informed consent is not needed. For example, if a person arrives at a hospital on concious and is in bad condition the doctor will automatically work on the patient right of way. The status of the patient will determine if cosent is needed. One would think the doctor because of his oath he swore upon which is the hippocratic oath he would perform the surgery corectly to perserve your life. The oath is to do no harm which is the same as the values in medical ethics. The main two values in medical ethics are benefience wich mean a practitioner should act in the best interest of the patient and non maleficence which is first do no harm. Medical ethics is a field of applied ethics and the study of moral values and judgement as they apply to medicine. With that said if a physician takes an oath which states first do no harm dont you agree that he has moral values not to harm you in any way.