Should we take consent of the patients for treating them with medications which includes information about all the known side effects of all the medications we have prescribed them? As all the medications have side effects (however rare) and if they do occur, what is the proof that we warned patients against them?
In court of law, isn't such a proof in the form of written informed consent necessary in cases where rare side effects occur to the patients? I am asking this as a patient of mine developed a very rare side effect from a trivial medication which we give every day.
