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Obtaining consent for an operation
1 Sep 2017Here, in a piece written for the Student BMJ, read about the key components of a good consent process
Paper: Improving surgical consent by using electronic procedure-specific forms (econsent)
1 Aug 2017Can using electronic, procedure-specific consent forms reduce errors?
Montgomery fallout
1 Feb 2017The Montgomery judgement brought significant change, but equally interesting has been how the courts have subsequently been applying these new principles...
Doctors' duty in obtaining informed consent
3 Jan 2017A very significant change in the law took place in March 2015 which has serious implications for doctors discussing options for treatment with patients and obtaining consent...
Paper: Surgical consent - the world's largest Chinese whisper?
9 Sep 2014Is it time for the traditional consent process to give way to a new evidence-based gold standard?