Legal Regime for consent to treatment in Nigeria

54 PAGES (17065 WORDS) Law Project

CHAPTER
ONE



1.0:  INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVE



1.1:  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY



1.2:  STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM



1.3:  AIMS AND OBJECTIVES



1.4:  JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY



1.5:  SCOPE OF THE STUDY



1.6:  METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH



1.7:  LITERATURE REVIEW



1.8: ORGANIZATIONAL
LAYOUT



CHAPTER
TWO



2.0: MEANING AND
NATURE OF CONSENT



2.1: MEANING OF
CONSENT



2.2: NATURE OF
CONSENT



2.3: TYPES OF
CONSENT



2.3.1: INFORMED
CONSENT



2.3.2: EXPRESS
CONSENT



2.3.3: IMPLIED
CONSENT



2.3.4:  CONSENT BY MINORS



2.3.5: PROXY OR
SURROGATE



CHAPTER
THREE



3.0: DOCTOR’S
DUTY OF DISCLOSURE IN CONSENT CASES



3.1: RISKS



3.2:
ALTERNATIVES



3.3: SIDE
EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF TREATMENT UNDERTAKEN



3.4: BENEFITS OF
TREATMENT UNDERTAKEN



CHAPTER
FOUR



4.0: CONSENT
UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT, 2014.



4.1: HEALTH
STATUS OF THE PATIENT



4.2: DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURES



4.3: BENEFITS,
RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE TREATMENT UNDERTAKEN



4.4: IMPLICATION
OF REFUSING TREATMENT



4.5: VIOLATION
OF A PATIENT’S RIGHT TO CONSENT UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT, 2014



CHAPTER
FIVE



5.0: CONCLUSION



5.1: FINDINGS



5.2: CONCLUSION



5.3:
RECOMMENDATIONS