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 information about treatment will result in patients' making intelligent 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