The Understanding of Informed Consent as a Practical Bioethical Problem: A Case Study of Hospital Pedagogy on Cancer Patients in Cuenca (Ecuador)

The relationship between the informed consent sheet and education is crucial. Our objective is to highlight how patients’ educational backgrounds impact the ethical rights within medical processes. Some patients face significant challenges in comprehending the significance and contents of the informed consent sheet. It’s likely that they may not fully grasp the potential symptoms resulting from their treatment or even be aware of their inherent rights. This issue isn’t merely psychological but rather a matter of education, requiring a comprehensive approach to educational development. Consequently, it becomes a social issue wherein both education and health play vital roles. This research delves into assessing the patients’ literacy indicators, thereby evaluating their educational backgrounds. We address this within the framework of an ethical problem in hospital pedagogy, integrating educational and philosophical concepts. Employing qualitative analysis, we aim to understand patients’ reading skills by conducting interviews, particularly focusing on circumstances of vulnerability due to illiteracy. These circumstances are categorized based on identified reading capabilities. By intertwining two knowledge domains, we aim to highlight human vulnerabilities that may not always be considered within the technical processes of healthcare workers and are rarely emphasized by educators or philosophers. Povezanost između informiranog pristanka i obrazovanja ključna je. Naš je cilj naglasiti kako obrazovna pozadina pacijenta utječe na etička prava u medicinskim procedurama. Neki pacijenti imaju velike poteškoće s razumijevanjem značaja i sadržaja obrasca informiranog pristanka. Izgledno je da neće u potpunosti shvatiti potencijalne simptome do kojih može doći zbog njihova liječenja ili da neće biti svjesni svojih prirodnih prava. Ovo nije samo psihološki problem, već pitanje obrazovanja koje zahtijeva sveobuhvatan pristup obrazovnom razvoju koje na kraju postaje društveno pitanje u kojem i obrazovanje i zdravlje imaju ključne uloge. Ovo istraživanje proučava indikatore pismenosti pacijenata, čime se procjenjuje njihova obrazovna pozadina. Ovime se bavimo unutar okvira etičkog problema u bolničkoj pedagogiji, spajajući obrazovne i filozofske ideje. Koristeći se kvalitativnom analizom, cilj nam je razumjeti vještine čitanja pacijenata provođenjem intervjua, pritom naglašavajući okolnosti ranjivosti kao posljedice pismenosti. Ove su posljedice kategorizirane prema zap