African Traditional Medicine and the Question of Patients’ Presumed Consent in Difficult Medical Conditions

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dc.contributor.authorAkin-Otiko, A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T07:03:58Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T07:03:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe right of patients to ‘informed consent’ before the commencement of treatment is a fundamental requirement in Western healthcare practice. The first sentence of the Nuremberg Code of 1947 states that patients’ ‘informed consent’ ensures that patients understand the pros and cons of chosen treatment, and are willing to go ahead freely with the prescription given by the healthcare giver. This process is different in the African Traditional Healthcare. Patients’ consent is presumed, especially when ailments are not easily diagnosable. Once the patient’s consent is presumed, African Traditional healthcare givers go ahead to prescribe and treat patients, using best-known prescription. This paper examines the basis for ‘presumed consent’ in African Traditional Medicine, and evaluates its advantages as a procedure in healthcare practice. Data was gathered from patients and also from African Traditional healthcare givers regarding ‘presumed consent’. Gathered data were analyzed using descriptive method. It was concluded that presumed consent is a positive part of African Traditional Medicine based on the research findings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAkin-Otiko, A. (2020). African Traditional Medicine and the Question of Patients’ Presumed Consent in Difficult Medical Conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-659905663-5.
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9598
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSalvador:Editora Segundo Selo.en_US
dc.subjectPresumed consenten_US
dc.subjectAfrican Traditional medicineen_US
dc.subjectInformed consenten_US
dc.subjectNuremberg Code of 1947en_US
dc.subjectPrescriptionsen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theologyen_US
dc.titleAfrican Traditional Medicine and the Question of Patients’ Presumed Consent in Difficult Medical Conditionsen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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