Course Amended Patients’ Rights Act: informed consent

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Amended Patients’ Rights Act: informed consent

Amended Patients’ Rights Act: informed consent
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Informed consent is a cornerstone of modern healthcare. The rules governing consent are not only a legal requirement, but also provide practical guidance for delivering care in an ethical, safe and high-quality manner. This course will help you apply informed consent correctly, explaining what it means under the Belgian Patients’ Rights Act (2024) and providing practical examples. The principles covered go to the heart of the relationship between healthcare professionals and patients. Your active involvement is essential to ensure that these rights are upheld in everyday practice.

1. Introduction to informed consent

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Overview

1.2.1 The situation prior to 2024

1.2.2 The situation after 2024

1.3 The new legislation (Patients’ Rights Act 2024)

1.3.1 Definition

1.3.2 Strict application

1.3.3 What is the right to human integrity?

1.3.4 What are the civil and criminal law aspects?

1.3.5 What is the fundamental principle of health law?

1.4 The implications of the (new) legislation

2. Consent under the Patients’ Rights Act 2024

2.1 The principle of consent

2.1.1 Who is authorised to decide?

2.1.2 Exceptions

2.1.3 New in the Patients’ Rights Act 2024: shared decision-making

2.2 The form of consent under the Patients’ Rights Act

2.2.1 The basic conditions

2.2.2 Verbal or written

2.2.3 Express or implied

2.3 The right to refuse under the Patients’ Rights Act

2.4 Some questions regarding the right to refuse under the Patients’ Rights Act

3. Information (informed consent) under the Patients’ Rights Act 2024

3.1 The principle of information

3.1.1 Health-related information

3.1.2 Financial information

3.1.3 Information about which risks?

3.1.4 Information about which risks?

3.2 The person entitled to information and the person obliged to provide it

3.3 The form of the information

4. Breaches of the Patients’ Rights Act 2024

4.1 Disciplinary liability

4.2 Criminal liability

4.3 Civil liability

4.3.1 The history of the burden of proof in civil law

4.3.2 Conclusion regarding the burden of proof in civil law

4.3.3 Reversal of the burden of proof in civil law

4.3.4 Civil law evidence based on probability

4.3.5 Civil law evidence in cases of damage

4.3.6 Causal link under civil law

4.3.7 Mitigation

5. Conclusion on informed consent

5. Conclusion