GDPR: Is your consent valid?

Informed consent: Is your patient competent to refuse treatment?

Vol. 8, No. 4 33 Debra A. Pinals, MD Associate professor of psychiatry Director of forensic education Department of psychiatry University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA G ET TY / M A R K U S N A U M A N N Mr. D, age 45 with a history of schizophrenia, is admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit. The psychiatrist recommends an antipsychotic to help Mr. D with fears that the FBI h...

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Normative consent is not consent.

The UK has an opt-in system of consent for postmortem organ donation. More specifically, the Human Tissue Act 2004 prohibits the removal, storage, and use of organs postmortem for a range of ‘‘scheduled purposes’’—which include transplantation—unless ‘‘appropriate consent’’ has been given. Appropriate consent can be given by the donor premortem by signing and carrying a donor card, or by opting...