What can be defined as "a patient safety issue", , but primarily a legal right protected by common law and "case law" and "giving care acquiescence knowing the purpose, the extents of the risks and benefits, and possible alternatives of treatment"?

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Informed consent is defined as giving care acquiescence knowing the purpose, the extents of the risks and benefits, and possible alternatives of treatment. Client rights ethical principles, such as autonomy and (self-determination) and as well as ethical principles, such as beneficence, are the basis for informed consent. In today's health care market, legal decision making requires that you educate clients about their care. Informed consent is a patient safety issue, a patient-centered care issue, but primarily is a legal right protected by common law and case law.

What Can Be Defined as "A Patient Safety Issue