When I was in the hospital the last two times, I was given a variety of drugs with no prior consent.
At no time was I unconscious (except while asleep), or in any way cognitively impaired. In fact, they performed cognitive checks every morning, usually by waking me up at 5 am to ask me my name, what day it was, and where was I.
Rather aggavating. One doctor woke me that way on July 14. Pissed me off. I said “It’’s July 14, the 222nd anniversary of Bastille Day, generally regarded as French Independence Day.” I went on a bit about it. She was taken aback. A doctor from India, she didn’t know about Bastille Day. Never heard of it. I kinda implied that I wasn’t the one who should be questuined about cognitive impairment.
Or at least questiopnal education of your doc not to know Bastille day. In a hospital at least the ones where I work, we require nursing staff to tell the patients what medications they are receiving and what it is for. I strongly urge all people in a hospital to ask what and why they are receiving it. When I discuss with patient my plans at bedside, I tell them what and why.