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ORELLANA ROBALINO, Claudia Patricia. Informed consent in the provision of health services. Derecho glob. Estud. sobre derecho justicia [online]. 2018, vol.3, n.9, pp.57-80.  Epub 14-Oct-2020. ISSN 2448-5136.  https://doi.org/10.32870/dgedj.v0i9.166.

This essay is clarifying, descriptive and argumentative, whose main objective is to demonstrate the importance of informed consent, which acts as a guarantee for the deployment of the right to health. The essay methodologies are: exegetical to demonstrate and understand the importance of the principle of autonomy and the informed consent principle in the legal system, and in the doctor- patient relationship. It also uses the comparative and the case brief method to examine two resolutions: one of the InterAmerican human rights Court and another of the ECHR, to show that the Informent consent in the daily practice can be decontextualized violating human rights.

Palabras llave : autonomy principle; informed consent; right to health; biolaw; contract; health services.

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