NOT a requirement of informed consent?

• A. Diagnosis
• B. Costs of treatment
• C. Goals, risks, and potential benefits of the proposed treatment
• D. Risks and potential benefits of going without treatment

Answer: (B)

Understanding informed consent starts with ensuring the patient knows crucial medical information: the diagnosis, what is being proposed for treatment and what it aims to achieve, the significant risks and potential benefits of that treatment, and the alternatives, including what happens if no treatment is chosen. This information helps the patient weigh options and make a voluntary, educated decision.

Costs of treatment are not a mandatory element of informed consent. clinicians may discuss financial aspects as part of practical planning or to address access issues, but the formal obligation of informed consent centers on the medical facts—the condition, the proposed intervention, its risks and benefits, and the alternatives (including no treatment). This is why the costs, while important for decision-making in many cases, are not universally required to be disclosed as part of the consent itself.