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Chapter 22 - Ethical and legal issues

from Section 2 - Refreshing your knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2016

Edited by
Emma Plunkett ,
Emily Johnson  and
Anna Pierson
Emma Plunkett
Affiliation:
West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham
Emily Johnson
Affiliation:
West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham
Anna Pierson
Affiliation:
Birmingham School of Anaesthesia
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Returning to Work in Anaesthesia
Back on the Circuit
 , pp. 220 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Further reading

British Medical Association. Access to health records – Guidance for health professionals in the United Kingdom. 2014. www.bma.org.uk (accessed March 2015).Google Scholar
Department of Health. Guidance for Access to Health Records Requests. 2010. http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/infogov/links/dhaccessrecs.pdf (accessed March 2015).Google Scholar
NHS. How do I access my medical records (health records)? 2014. www.nhs.uk (accessed March 2015).Google Scholar

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General Medical Council. Consent: patients and doctors making decisions together. 2008. Available at http://www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/Consent_-_English_0911.pdf (accessed 25 January 2015).Google Scholar
Wheeler, R. Consent for non-therapeutic male circumcision: an exception to the rule? Arch Dis Child 2008; 93: 825–6.Google Scholar
Williams, C., Perkins, R. Consent issues for children: a law unto themselves. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care Pain 2011; 11(3): 99–103.Google Scholar

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We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Dr Sara Ormerod, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist for her work on the question above. Thank you.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/9 (accessed 4 January 2016).Google Scholar
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224660/Mental_Capacity_Act_code_of_practice.pdf (accessed 4 January 2016).Google Scholar

Further reading

Association of Anaesthetists Great Britain and Ireland. Consent for Anaesthesia. 2006. (Due to be updated in 2016.)Google Scholar
Department of Health. Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment, 2nd edn. London: HMSO, 2009.Google Scholar
General Medical Council. Good medical practice (2013). Available at http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice.asp (accessed 2 January 2016).Google Scholar
McCombe, K., Bogod, D. G. Paternalism and consent: has the law finally caught up with the patient? Anaesthesia 2015; 70(9): 1016–19.Google Scholar

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