Awareness and Attitudes of Patients on Enlightened Consent

Enlightened consent is generally regarded as the process by which open information communication is available to a patient or an experimental individual to decide whether a particular treatment should be performed or to participate in a particular experiment. Informing the patient about the disease, the physician develops a sense of trust among the patient and increases the well-being of the patient. This is of moral importance in terms of showing that the patient's decision is respected and that the patient can make a decision freely. The aim of this study; The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness levels of patients about enlıghtened consent and how they define enlıghtened consent. For this purpose, 400 individuals living in Erzurum were surveyed. In the study, Enlightened Consent Attitude and Awareness Scale developed by Bostan was used. The quantitative data were analyzed by frequency and difference analysis. According to the findings of the research; A significant difference was found between the groups of gender variable, the number of hospital visits variable groups, and the profession variable groups. It was found that there was a significant difference between age variable groups, education level variable groups, income level variable groups in the answers given to the questions within the awareness factor. According to the results of the research; Although the awareness level of the participants is high, it can be said that they do not have enough opportunities to use these rights in hospitals and health institutions.