Blackboard Exercise Three
Let’s talk about informed consent. Read the class notes and other materials. Then I would like you to do research on the elements of informed consent and the way it should be done (the book can be used for one resource: Book is Book is:
Welfel, E.R. (2015). Ethics in counseling and psychotherapy (6th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.). Now think about the last time you went to a therapist, doctor, or dentist. To any medical person actually. And think about the idea of informed consent in this context. Do you remember anyone going over informed consent with you? How do you feel about that?
This is both a research and an opinion exercise. For your initial post, what does the research say about the different elements of informed consent and the importance of these elements to ethical counseling?
references, titles, and citations. All initial posts must contain adequate references (at least three (4 scholarly sources) and in text citations to thoroughly support your assertions, opinions, and statements. These must be in APA format (7th ed) or you will receive no credit for the post.
My draft:
I do not remember anyone ever discussing informed consent with me. I remember receiving a whole bunch of papers to sign and trying to quickly go over them while waiting to be called for my appointment. This has happened at pretty much all of my medical appointments,