‘First ensure no regret’
A decision-theoretic approach to informed consent in clinical practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21514124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Narcyz Ghinea (0000-0002-1457-7252, Macquarie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 789-790 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6800 • E-ISSN: 1473-4257 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jme-2023-109087 |
| PMID | 37156604 |
| OpenAlex | W4375858835 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Decision theorists recognise that information is valuable only insofar as it has the potential to change a decision. This means that since acquiring more information is time-consuming and sometimes expensive, judgements need to be made about what information is most valuable to acquire, and whether it is worth acquiring at all. In this article I apply this idea to informed consent and argue that the most valuable information relates not to what the best treatment option may be but to possible futures a patient may regret. I conclude by proposing a regret-minimisation framework for informed consent that I contend better captures the true nature of shared decision making than existing formulations
Alternative medicine · Economics · Futures contract · Informed consent · Machine learning · Management science · Regret · Computer Science · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |