Resumen de El internamiento psiquiátrico voluntario

José Sáez Rodríguez, Ana Belén Ordóñez de Haro, Manuel López Alcaraz

• español

  Desde que se impusiera el principio de autonomía del paciente para legitimar su consentimiento, éste pasa por los requisitos indispensables de ser informado de forma adecuada y de prestar un consentimiento válido. En el caso particular de los internamientos psiquiátricos voluntarios y en orden de garantizar sus derechos, se propone validar su consentimiento mediante cuestionario firmado por paciente y psiquiatra, incorporado a la historia clínica, en el que se hagan constar que el paciente tiene capacidad para prestar un consentimiento válido, que ha sido debidamente informado y que otorga de manera expresa su consentimiento para el internamiento.

• English

  Since the principle of patient autonomy was imposed to legitimize his consent, he has gone through the essential requirements of being adequately informed and giving valid consent. In the particular case of voluntary psychiatric hospitalizations and in order to guarantee their rights, it is proposed to validate their consent by means of a questionnaire signed by the patient and the psychiatrist, incorporated into the clinical history, in which it is stated that the patient has the capacity to give valid consent, that he or she has been duly informed and that he or she expressly gives his or her consent for the hospitalization.