A second goal of informed consent is to empower patients to exercise their right to autonomy rationally and intelligently (Meisel & Cerminara, 2001). There is no guarantee that providing patients relevant informa¬tion about treatment will result in patients’ making in¬telligent decisions, nor does it guarantee that they will use the information provided; however, without such a requirement, the likelihood of rational decision making diminishes (Meisel & Cerminara, 2001). The patient’s right to consent presumes that the patient has sufficient information to make a reasonable decision.