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Target Audience: Gastrointestinal endoscopists in all specialties
Background and Objective: Prior guidelines were published in the U.K. in 2008 and the U.S. in 2007. Since then, the practice of endoscopy has changed, as have the legal and ethical approaches to consent. Here are highlights of new recommendations for obtaining valid consent for endoscopy procedures.
What's Changed: The general approach and principles are unchanged. However, specific changes include requiring written descriptions before elective procedures, requiring consent for participation of trainees, limiting who can obtain consent and where it can be obtained (not in the procedure room), requiring specific consen…