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Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH

Am J Dis Child. 1989;143(8):899-904.

Abstract
• Informed consent procedures are commonly employed prior to lumbar puncture. An understanding of the legal and ethical basis of informed consent is important in developing an acceptable approach to consent and in dealing with problems confronted when consent cannot be obtained. I review the current legal concepts in informed consent and their ethical foundation, and make recommendations to clinicians for obtaining consent for this common procedure in the ambulatory pediatric population.

(AJDC. 1989;143:899-904)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland (Ohio) Metropolitan General Hospital.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 20, 1989.

Reprints not available.

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