Consent to Medical Treatment in UK Law

  • Re T (an Adult) (Consent to Medical Treatment)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 Julio 1992
  • Re J (A Minor)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 Julio 1992
    ... ... In Re "J" (A Minor) (Medical Treatment) [1992] EWCA Civ J0710-1 ... were not encased in plaster without her consent. It was done to prevent her giving way to a ... ...
  • Sidaway (A.P.) v Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudesley Hospital Health Authority and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Febrero 1985
    ... ... to a substantial and complex volume of medical evidence and delivered a meticulous and detailed ... to risk and the options of alternative treatment. Whatever be the correct formulation of the ... She signed the usual consent form, in which she declared that the nature and ... ...
  • Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Septiembre 2000
    ... ... 12 The medical literature ... 13 The parents' ... of an adult patient's refusal to consent to treatment ... 3 Treatment of the ... ...
  • Airedale NHS Trust v Bland
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Febrero 1993
    ... ... In the eyes of the medical world and of the law a person is not clinically ... to be dealt with by appropriate medical treatment. The undisputed consensus of eminent medical ... despite the inability of the defendant to consent thereto the plaintiff and the responsible ... ...
  • Local Authority X v MM and KM
    • Family Division
    • 16 Noviembre 2007
    ... ... to which he is at present receiving medical or psychiatric support is unknown ... invited, but refused, to make an order by consent vacating the hearing. The hearing on 7 February ... ) Applying the test in Re MB (Medical Treatment) [1997] 2 FLR 426 , MM lacks the capacity to ... ...
  • Re Z (A Minor) (Freedom of Publication)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 1995
    ... ... , they would wish to use film of her treatment (identifying her by name) in order to attract ... of confidentiality does go beyond the medical field. However, I consider that, in the ... 's life could be taken without the court's consent. But that was only machinery. Even if there was ... ...
  • Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Diciembre 1984
    ... ... giving of advice on contraception, the medical examination of persons seeking advice on ... simply as contraceptive advice and treatment. The 1967 Act was repealed by the National Health ... under 16 but well under 16, without the consent or even the knowledge of parents, not unnaturally ... ...
  • Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation); F v West Berkshire HA
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Mayo 1989
    ... ... might involve delicate questions of medical evidence. But it appears to me to be quite ... should be kept secret, unless with his consent (for it is his privilege, and not the privilege ... the lawfulness of medical or surgical treatment given to a patient who for any reason, temporary ... ...
  • Gillick (A.P.) v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and the Department of Health and Social Security (England)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Octubre 1985
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