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Determining liability in cases of alleged clinical negligence is a legal matter. This paper reviews the law on clinical negligence in England but the principles are the same in other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom and across the common law jurisdictions.
The term ‘informed consent’ has been in common usage since the case of Canterbury v Spence was decided in the Californian courts in the 1970s. The basic principle is straightforward: to be in a position to make an informed choice you need to know all the material facts. However, the law is not static and as new situations are presented so the law is developed through cases decided in the courts, in...
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