It was argued that the scope of informed consent, â...may be ethical or legal, but verbal consent is more ethical, while the written word is more legal.â In this sense it was posited that there could be, â...tacit consent that exists when you have a good relationship, one can check it through nurses...it does work like a verbal contract...â Nevertheless, it is accepted that, â... when providing expert testimony in a lawsuit, what matters is what is written and in tangible letters...â
El cuarto dilema preguntaba si el consentimiento informado escrito tenía mayores alcances informativos que la explicación directa del médico, el cual obtuvo consenso de desacuerdo 75% y se adujo que el alcance del consentimiento informado &quot;…puede ser ético o legal; pero el verbal es más ético, lo escrito es más legal…”.