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Information as a key to satisfaction and a source of problems" - Doctors' view on informed consent
Kočová, Aneta ; Hasmanová Marhánková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Vokřálová, Eliška (referee)
The thesis discusses the topic of informed consent, the meaning of which was originally the protection of patients' autonomy from the hegemony of doctors, which in postmodern society has been extended to the protection of doctors from the complaints of patients who use their acquired power. The issue is viewed from the perspective of doctors working in departments of neurology in the public care sector. The paper focuses on how these physicians perceive informed consent, and how they obtain it from patients in today's society, which has undergone significant changes since its inception and implementation. The aim of this paper is therefore to explore how perceptions of 'informed' and 'consent' relate to their understanding of their relationship with patients and to outline the tools and practices they use to achieve informed consent from patients. As part of the qualitative research, eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with doctors currently working in a department of neurology. These interviews were then analysed using a segmentation and coding method. In this thesis, the findings are divided into three main chapters. First, the topic of perceptions of informed consent and its meaning is discussed, and the influence of internet sources of information for patients and its impact on the...
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