rss
J Med Ethics 2005;31:266 doi:10.1136/jme.2004.006957
  • Clinical ethics

Should doctors talk to relatives without a competent patient’s consent?

  1. O Mytton
  1. Correspondence to:
 O Mytton
 PRHO General Surgery, North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 7JB, UK; oliver.myttondoctors.org.uk
  • Received 19 April 2004
  • Accepted 10 June 2004

Abstract

A view from a student: ethical teaching, based on ethical guidelines, is at odds with clinical practice. Is this poor practice, or is the ethical guidance too simple?

Footnotes

    Responses to this article

    • Consent to speak to relatives in HIV care
      • Mark J Wilson
      J Med Ethics published online June 10, 2005
    • Check this
      • Ashish Goel
      J Med Ethics published online May 3, 2005

    This Article

    1. Abstract
    2. Full text
    3. PDF

    Register for free content

    The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

    Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.