HSC 4640 – Legal Aspects of Health Care

Please see the assignment directions for complete details. Remember, your group will select one of these scenarios for a written consent, and the other for a verbal consent. Your group has been hired by a large private physicians group to develop informed consent protocols for the following two scenarios; these are new procedures that the office recently started completing within the office. Previously, the office would refer these patients and procedures to other physicians. (1) Ingrown toenail removal. (2) Removal of a mole for cosmetic purposes

Please only answer the Following information given:

Scenario 1 (Removal of a mole for cosmetic purposes) This will be written consent

* How is the condition or disease that your treatment corresponds with typically treated?

Scenario 2 (Ingrown toenail removal) This will be the Verbal Consent

* What might a verbal consent include for your scenario- what would you say to the patient (What elements would be included)?

* How is the condition or disease that your treatment corresponds to typically treated?