Informed consent in sports medicine

Bunch, Wilton H.; Dvonch, Victoria

doi:10.1016/j.csm.2004.01.004

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“…The employment contract between athlete and club should always contain information on disclosure. Even if the athlete consents to disclosure of PHI in his contract, the team physician should remind the athlete that PHI can be passed to team managers (Bunch and Dvonch 2004). …”

Section: Medical Care Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The physician was considered the person in the best position to know the risks and benefits of treatment and should therefore make the decision for the patient (Charles et al 1999). The evolution of medical ethics during the late twentieth century has led to a change in attitudes favoring the shared decision-making model over the paternalistic approach (Bunch and Dvonch 2004). Patients want to be informed of treatment alternatives and involved in the decision-making process (Guadagnoli and Ward 1998).…”

Section: Medical Care Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Should the physician decide for the patient in this case? Aware of the influences that team management, the public, and others can exert on athletes, some authors believe that sports physicians should be more paternalistic and make decisions for their patients (Bunch and Dvonch 2004). From this viewpoint, to impose limits on a player’s autonomy is sometimes the only way to safeguard his welfare (Sim 1993).…”

Section: Medical Care Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sports Medicine and Ethics

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Hornik

Smith

et al. 2013

The American Journal of Bioethics

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Physicians working in the world of competitive sports face unique ethical challenges, many of which center around conflicts of interest. Team-employed physicians have obligations to act in the club’s best interest while caring for the individual athlete. As such, they must balance issues like protecting versus sharing health information, as well as issues regarding autonomous informed consent versus paternalistic decision-making in determining whether an athlete may compete safely. Moreover, the physician has to deal with an athlete’s decisions about performance enhancement and return to play, pursuit of which may not be in the athlete’s long-term best interests but may benefit the athlete and team in the short term. These difficult tasks are complicated by the lack of evidence-based standards in a field influenced by the lure of financial gains for multiple parties involved. In this article, we review ethical issues in sports medicine with specific attention paid to American professional football.

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Section: Medical Care Issuesmentioning

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Sports Medicine and Ethics

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Hornik

Smith

et al. 2013

The American Journal of Bioethics

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“…The principle of beneficence, however, mandates that Dr. Gupta act in the best interest of Jesse's health. This is a classic conflict that arises frequently in the field of sports medicine [5][6][7][8][9].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this case, as is common in sports medicine [5][6][7][8][9], we have two ethical principles that are in conflict with one another. The principle of respect for autonomy acknowledges a person's right to make choices and to take actions based on personal values and beliefs [41].…”

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confidence: 99%