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Chapter 23 - Legal Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

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A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert
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A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert  and
Mark MacGregor
A. Agatha Crerar-Gilbert
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, London
Mark MacGregor
Affiliation:
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Trust
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Core Topics in Preoperative Anaesthetic Assessment and Management , pp. 275 - 280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Beauchamp, T. L., Childress, J. F. (2009) Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 6th Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
General Medical Council. (2008) Consent Guidance: Patients and Doctors Making Decisions Together. London.Google Scholar
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Mental Capacity Act. (2005), at www.legislation.gov.uk.Google Scholar
O’ Neill, O. Some limits of informed consent. J Med Ethics 2003; 29: 4–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

List of Cases

Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All E.R. 821Google Scholar
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management CommitteeGoogle Scholar
Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134Google Scholar
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC11Google Scholar
Pearce v United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust [1998] EWCA Civ 865Google Scholar
R (On the Application of Oliver Leslie Burke) vs The General Medical Council [2005] EWCA Civ 1003.Google Scholar
Re T (Adult: Refusal of Treatment) [1992] 3 W.L.R. 782, CAGoogle Scholar
Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] AC 871Google Scholar

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