Discussion so far and its consolidation

[Guest guest]

Dear Members:

Before I give my opinion on the ten statements about RTI Act, I would like to

receive more feedback from other members first. Thank U Dr Anupama for your

feedback.

Today we are in the sixth day of this discussion on " What does RTI mean for the

patients " . We are slowly inching towards its culmination. Over the past five

days we have taken an overview of the RTI Act of 2005, discussed rights of

patients in general, their right to information in particular, benefits of these

rights, patients' right to informed consent and questions related to that,

whether patient info or records can be made available to a third party on

request vide RTI Act, legal avenues before patients in the event of medical

negligence/malpractice and deficiencies in our legal system.

Today we will take a fresh look on the major provisions of RTI Act, 2005 and

then threadbare discuss various case reports of how RTI Act has been utilized by

patients nationwide. I urge upon all members to participate in the last leg of

this discussion and come up with their success stories of RTI Act. Let us

consolidate this discussion fruitfully.

Kind Regards

Dr Geer M Ishaq

[Guest guest]

One question regarding the consent in the research setting. 1) When we write a case report for the possible publication in journal, they will ask for consent form to be signed by patient. Question is if the case report doe not reveal the identity of a person do we still need to obtain consent?2) If we have obtain consent of a person for case report publication. Now you want to publish part of it to other journal or in textbook or elsewhere...do we need to obtain consent again? 3) If we have obtain consent from a person to be participate in study and we preserve the blood sample for long time...say for after 3-4 year now we want to conduct genetic analysis form the preserved blood..is it mandatory to obtain repeat consent? 4) If someone is

planning for genetic study, we usually preserved the samples in hope that in future if we want to process it we can. For such purpose how to obtain consent form a subject? Is there any standard format for consent form for such genetic study? 5) How to obtain consent to publish case report or genetic analysis of a collected sample of an individual who is no more available or already died due to any reason? Regards,Dr. Viral Shah MBBS, MD, FCCP, DM (running)Senior Resident,Department of Endocrinology,Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & ResearchSector-12, Chandigarh PIN- 160 012, INDIA.Mobile- 09872308785. Mail: viralshah_rational@... drshahviral@... From: Dr Geer M Ishaq <ishaqgeer@...>netrum Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2011 7:36 AMSubject:

Discussion so far and its consolidation

Dear Members:

Before I give my opinion on the ten statements about RTI Act, I would like to receive more feedback from other members first. Thank U Dr Anupama for your feedback.

Today we are in the sixth day of this discussion on "What does RTI mean for the patients". We are slowly inching towards its culmination. Over the past five days we have taken an overview of the RTI Act of 2005, discussed rights of patients in general, their right to information in particular, benefits of these rights, patients' right to informed consent and questions related to that, whether patient info or records can be made available to a third party on request vide RTI Act, legal avenues before patients in the event of medical negligence/malpractice and deficiencies in our legal system.

Today we will take a fresh look on the major provisions of RTI Act, 2005 and then threadbare discuss various case reports of how RTI Act has been utilized by patients nationwide. I urge upon all members to participate in the last leg of this discussion and come up with their success stories of RTI Act. Let us consolidate this discussion fruitfully.

Kind Regards

Dr Geer M Ishaq

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr Viral:

In my opinion answer to all your questions is as under:

Patient's informed consent is required at the time of investigation rather than

at the time of publication. So consent once obtained holds good for all

publications on the study question for which consent has been sought. Whether

you reveal the identity of the patient or not is immaterial, consent has to be

there, but not necessarily for every salami publication on the study. Same thing

holds good for future use of blood samples, genetic material etc. However if

such material is to be used in a different study, then separate consent is

essential.

With Regards

Dr Geer M Ishaq

>

> One question regarding the consent in the research setting. 

>

>  1) When we write a case report for the possible publication in journal, they

will ask for consent form to be signed by patient. Question is if the case

report doe not reveal the identity of a person do we still need to obtain

consent?

>

> 2) If we have obtain consent of a person for case report publication. Now you

want to publish part of it to other journal or in textbook or elsewhere...do we

need to obtain consent again?

>

> 3) If we have obtain consent from a person to be participate in study and we

preserve the blood sample for long time...say for after 3-4 year now we want to

conduct genetic analysis form the preserved blood..is it mandatory to obtain

repeat consent?

>

> 4) If someone is planning for genetic study, we usually preserved the samples

in hope that in future if we want to process it we can. For such purpose how to

obtain consent form a subject? Is there any standard format for consent form for

such genetic study?

>

> 5) How to obtain consent to publish case report or genetic analysis of a

collected sample of an individual who is no more available or already died due

to any reason?

>

>

> Regards,

> Dr.Viral Shah

>

>                   MBBS, MD, FCCP, DM (running)

> Senior Resident,

> Department of Endocrinology,

>

> Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education &  Research

> Sector-12, Chandigarh PIN- 160 012,   INDIA.

> Mobile- 09872308785.

>

> Mail: viralshah_rational@...

>         drshahviral@... 

>  

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: Dr Geer M Ishaq <ishaqgeer@...>

> netrum

> Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2011 7:36 AM

> Subject: Discussion so far and its consolidation

>

>

>  

> Dear Members:

>

> Before I give my opinion on the ten statements about RTI Act, I would like to

receive more feedback from other members first. Thank U Dr Anupama for your

feedback.

>

> Today we are in the sixth day of this discussion on " What does RTI mean for

the patients " . We are slowly inching towards its culmination. Over the past five

days we have taken an overview of the RTI Act of 2005, discussed rights of

patients in general, their right to information in particular, benefits of these

rights, patients' right to informed consent and questions related to that,

whether patient info or records can be made available to a third party on

request vide RTI Act, legal avenues before patients in the event of medical

negligence/malpractice and deficiencies in our legal system.

>

> Today we will take a fresh look on the major provisions of RTI Act, 2005 and

then threadbare discuss various case reports of how RTI Act has been utilized by

patients nationwide. I urge upon all members to participate in the last leg of

this discussion and come up with their success stories of RTI Act. Let us

consolidate this discussion fruitfully.

>

> Kind Regards

> Dr Geer M Ishaq

>