Surrogate consent
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A surrogate is one who takes the place of another.[1]
Surrogate consent is consent for medical and/or surgical treatment that is granted by a substitute for the patient. Surrogate consent is used when the patient is mentally or legally incapable of granting consent.
Surrogate consent is regulated by law. In the United States, surrogate consent is regulated by state law, which varies from state to state.[2]
The Bioethics Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics released an important statement applicable to surrogate consent in February 1995. It contains many general principles for the guidance of pediatricians but avoided directly considering circumcision, the big moneymaker.[3]
he Bioethics Committee of the AAP revisited informed consent in August 2016 with a statement[4] and a companion technical report.[5]
Consent for circumcision of minors
If a boy is to be circumcised, then someone must grant effective consent. The boy may not do it for himself because of his minority status. Circumcision of boys is a medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic, harmful excision of functional tissue that causes loss of various functions. Hill (2003) raised the question of who can grant effective consent for such an injurious operation.[6]
See also
References
- ↑
surrogate
, Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 April 2025. - ↑ Wynn, Shana (1 October 2014).
Decisions by Surrogates: An Overview of Surrogate Consent Laws in the United States
, American Bar Association. Retrieved 30 April 2025. - ↑
Kohrman A, Clayton EW, Frader JE, Grodin MA, Moseley KL, Porter IH, Wagner VM. Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice. Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. February 1995; 95(2): 314-7. PMID. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
Quote:Such providers have legal and ethical duties to their child patients to render competent medical care based on what the patient needs, not what someone else expresses. Although impasses regarding the interests of minors and the expressed wishes of their parents or guardians are rare, the pediatrician's responsibilities to his or her patient exist independent of parental desires or proxy consent.
- ↑ Katz Al, Macauley RC, Mercurio MR, Moon MR, Okun AL, Opel DJ, Statter MB. Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics. August 2016; 138(2): e20161484. DOI. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ↑ Katz AL, Webb SA. Informed Consent in Decision-Making in Pediatric Practice — Technical Report. Pediatrics. August 2026; 138(2): e20161485. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ Hill G. Can anyone authorize the nontherapeutic permanent alteration of a child's body?. Am J Bioeth. 2003 (Spring); 3(2) PMID. DOI. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
