One step forward, two steps back? The GMC, the common law and ‘informed’ consent
Until 2008, if doctors followed the General Medical Council's (GMC's) guidance on providing information prior to obtaining a patient's consent to treatment, they would be going beyond what was technically required by the law. It was hoped that the common law would catch up with this g...
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BMJ Publ.
2010
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 36, Issue: 8, Pages: 494-497 |
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