Children's consent to medical treatment

Informed Consent to Medical Treatment

Minor's capacity to consent to medical treatment.

One of driving forces behind the physician-patient relationship is the patient’s autonomy to make the “ultimate informed decision regarding the course of treatment to which he knowledgeably consents to be subjected.” In order to be an informed decision, the physician has the duty to disclose to the patient the available choices with respect to the proposed treatments, the benefits associated wi...

Consent to medical treatment in Canada.

Medical treatment, medical research and informed consent.

Consent to medical treatment--does doctor know best?

One of the agreeable features about engaging in practice in the sphere ofpersonal injuries litigation is the opportunity which it gives to lawyers to get to know a variety of medical practitioners. Over some 25 years I made a host ofgood friends in the medical profession, and I am glad to see so many here tonight, together with some legal stalwarts who are brave enough to put up with listening ...