Resumen

BAEZ MARTIN, Margarita Minou et al. Informed consent in patients with intractable epilepsy. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2019, vol.45, n.1 ISSN 1561-3127.

Medical Ethics addresses, among other aspects, the doctor-patient relationship from which the term "informed consent" is derived as its maximum expression. Epilepsy affects 1-2% of the world population, and in the search for solutions to this disease the subjects are involved in different types of studies. In the present paper, a brief review of some ethical aspects related to the approval given by patients suffering from epilepsy or their legal representative to participate in studies that presuppose the performance of diagnostic tests and the use of novel forms of treatment. This is materialized through informed consent. Especially, there is a reference to the participation of patients in clinical trials, and the management of patients who become pregnant during the clinical trial, the adverse effects of medication, and epilepsy surgery.

Palabras clave : epilepsy surgery; informed consent; clinical trials; refractory epilepsy; medical ethics.

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