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Surgical Operations During The Ottoman Period.informed Consent According To Documentsof The Ottoman Archives Of Crete
Constantinos TROMPOUKIS*, John LASCARATOS**
* MD., Dept. of the History of Medicine, Medical School, National Athens University, GREECE
The practice of the granting of a written informed consent signed by the patient or a member of his family before the judge of the religious court (Cadi) prior to the performance of an operation is revealed from the surviving Turkish documents dating back to the Ottoman period in Crete. The existence of the phenomenon of informed consent both during the Hellenistic and the Byzantine eras, as can be seen from certain documents, testifies to its historical continuity. This tradition acquired an official legal form within the context of Islamic law and the imposition of the blood tax on the surgeons in the event that any surgical operations performed by them resulted in unfortunate complications.Keywords: Informed consent, History of medicine, Medical ethics, Ottoman historyTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 2002, 10:163-167
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