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Patient Autonomy: Doctors’ duties in obtaining consent
Paul Sankey highlights the ongoing implications of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board ‘Patient autonomy has largely displaced paternalism. This is a significant shift in the law to reflect changes in contemporary culture.’ A very significant change in the law took place in March 2015 which has serious implications for doctors discussing options for treatment with …
Cases Referenced
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- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- David Spencer v Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1058 (QB)
- Julie Connolly v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1339 (QB)
- MC v Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1334 (QB)
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2010] CSOH 104; [2015] UKSC 11
- Shaw v Kovac [2015] EWHC 3335 (QB); [2017] EWCA Civ 1028
- Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985] UKHL 1
- SXX v Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 4072
- Tasmin v Barts Health NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3135 (QB)