Autonomy, Informed Consent,

and Refusal of Treatment The notion of informed consent is a recent one Prior to the 1950s there was no firm ground in which a commitment to informed consent could be grounded It is important that we work to understand exactly what it means to make an informed decision so that we can be certain that our patients are able to act autonomously

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