Moreover, doctors often obtain consent hastily, in a way that sounds almost rehearsed, as if unaware that the patient is receiving the information for the first time. This haughty attitude is reflected in the jargon of “consenting a patient” – as though it were something done to a patient, like drawing blood or administering an injection: “Dr. Smith, please go consent Mr. Jones.”
另一个问题是许多医生认为获得同意是一项繁琐的任务，资深医生有时会把这个任务下放给经验较浅的同事。此外，医生常常急于获得同意，他们的方式听起来几乎像是在排练，完全不顾患者是第一次听到这些信息。这一傲慢态度反映在“让患者同意”这一术语中——好像这是对患者做的事，和抽血和注射一样：“史密斯医生，请让琼斯先生同意。”