Within the past few years, the nature, amount and quality of information disclosed to a
patient about to undergo a medical procedure has emerged as the most important and, in …

Moderation is necessary in deciding how much to tell patients to ensure valid consents for
surgical or other procedures. Since the courts will not tell physicians, except by hindsight …

Not allobservers are convinced that further codification should be the path of first choice. Dr.
DavidRoy, director of the Centre for Bioethics at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal …

This paper discusses the implications for the doctor/patient relationship of the House of
Lords' decision in Sidaway v Royal Bethlem Hospital (1985). In this decision the House of …

This paper will concentrate on the dramatic changes in Informed Consent as it has
developed in the past two years. There has been a complete change in the form of the proof …

The legal concept of informed consent in medicine was established in 1972, after a federal
court decision. 1 The patient may grant informed consent for a procedure only after the …

P hysicians are parties to an onerous social con-tract, for they, more than most, must be their
brothers' keepers. Thus, we have expressions such as' The doctor knows best','You're the …

Under normal circumstances a physician cannot legally undertake surgery or other medical
procedures without first obtaining the consent of his patient. Moreover, a general or" blanket" …

Canadian courts, at all levels, have recently'been called upon to deal with the issues raised
by consent to medical care. These decisions have clarified many issues but some problems …

Ten years ago, at the height of the United States medical malpractice insurance crisis, the
doctrine of informed consent became" both a symbol and a whipping boy" because of the …