Informed Consent - Thoracics
Please note: The Medical Board of Australia has published Guidelines: Sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship. These guidelines, which came into effect on 12 December 2018, provide guidance on establishing and maintaining sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship. To support hospitals/individual health practitioners/patients to comply with these guidelines, our Informed Consent forms and Patient Information sheets for procedures requiring intimate examinations, have been updated in the relevant surgical areas, indicated below by an (*).
Two separate additional student consent forms (adult and child/young person), indicated below by an (**), are to be used for patients to complete if the procedure is yet to occur and prior consent has been undertaken on the previous version of informed consent forms, or if the procedure consent form does not have a student section included.
Adult | Child/Young Person
| Title | File Size | Version |
|---|---|---|
| A Additional Student Consent ** | 2.7 MB | 2 |
| Anaesthetic Patient Information Sheets | ||
| Blood transfusion consent and refusal forms are now located under Blood specialty. | ||
| Bronchoprovocation Test | 113 KB | 5 |
| Bronchoscopy +/- Biopsy | 136 KB | 5 |
| Generic Thoracic Consent - Adult | 77 KB | 5 |
| Intercostal Catheter (ICC) Insertion Consent | 678 KB | 1 |
| Lung Biopsy | 117 KB | 4 |
| Lung Transplant * | 3.1 MB | 5 |
| Thoracentesis Consent | 755 KB | 1 |
| Thoracentesis (Pleural Tap) is superseded by Thoracentesis Consent | ||
| Thoracoscopy | 88 KB | 3 |
| Thoracoscopy Surgical (VATS) &/or other procedures | 160 KB | 2 |
| Thoracotomy for Lung Resection | 200 KB | 2 |
Child/Young Person | Adult
| Title | File Size | Version |
|---|---|---|
| A Additional Student Consent - Child/Young Person ** | 2.5 MB | 2 |
|
About Your Child's Anaesthetic This patient information sheet is now located under Anaesthetics speciality. | ||
| Blood transfusion consent and refusal forms are now located under Blood specialty. | ||
| Generic Consent - Child/Young Person | 139 KB | 1 |
| Intercostal Catheter (ICC) Insertion Consent | 678 KB | 1 |
| Lung Transplant * | 3.1 MB | 5 |
| Thoracentesis Consent | 755 KB | 1 |