What Is Informed Choice? Informed choice is a voluntary, well-considered decision that an individual makes on the basis of options, information, and understanding. The decision making process should result in a free and informed decision by the individual about whether or not he or she chooses or wishes to accept these options. To make an informed choice, clients need accurate, clear, unbiased, and useful information. To offer informed choice in a care setting staff would …
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…slowly and clearly, she is a human being and deserves choices too! It is very important to keep offering clients a choice in the care setting, because practice may become task-centred, routine and focused on drudgery, The centre of social care teachings are that everyone has a value, and should be treated as such. No individual should lose the right to choose, based on whether they are elderly, mentally ill, of Ethnic origin or disabled.