Valid consent to medical treatment

Cave, Emma

doi:10.1136/medethics-2020-106287

Valid consent to medical treatment

Cave, Emma

Authors

Professor Emma Cave emma.cave@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

When consent to medical treatment is described as ‘valid’, it might simply mean that it has a sound basis, or it could mean that it is legally valid. Where the two meanings are regularly interchanged, however, it can lead to aspects of the sound basis or the legal requirements being neglected. This article looks at how the term is used in a range of guidance on consent to treatment and argues for consistency.

Citation

Cave, E. (2021). Valid consent to medical treatment. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47(12), Article e31. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106287

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 15, 2020
Online Publication Date	Jun 23, 2020
Publication Date	Nov 29, 2021
Deposit Date	May 17, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Oct 26, 2021
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics
Print ISSN	0306-6800
Electronic ISSN	1473-4257
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	47
Issue	12
Article Number	e31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106287

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This article has been accepted for publication in Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020 following
peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106287