Consent in 31 cases published in the JME 1982–2002
| Consent for publication | |
| Documented that consent obtained | 0 |
| Documented that consent not obtained | 0 |
| No mention of consent | 31 |
| Patient apparently competent to give consent at some stage | 18 |
| Declaration that case anonymised (or similar) | 4 |
| Barriers to consent: competence | |
| Patient not competent to give consent | 11 |
| Unable to clarify or competence disputed | 2 |
| Barriers to consent: deceased patient | |
| Incompetent patient died as part of case | 4 |
| Competent patient died as part of case | 8 |
| Barriers to consent: more than one person involved in case | |
| Case involved more than one person | 12 |