RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Valid consent to medical treatment
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP medethics-2020-106287
DO 10.1136/medethics-2020-106287
A1 Emma Cave
YR 2020
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/23/medethics-2020-106287.abstract
AB 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.