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Consent and medical decision-making : bridging the gap between doctor and patient /

Donnelly, Mary.

Consent and medical decision-making : bridging the gap between doctor and patient / Mary Donnelly. - Cork : Cork University Press, 2002. - 98p. ; 22 cm. - Undercurrents . - Undercurrents ; 21 . - Undercurrents (Cork, Ireland) ; 21 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-96).

1.Developiong a culture of consent -- 2.The principles underpinning consent -- 3.Informed consent: the ideal and the reality -- 4.Delivering consent: the role of law -- 5.Competent to consent? -- 6.Deciding for children -- 7.Deciding for adults -- 8.Conclusion: bridging the gap.

This book looks at the requirement for consent to medical procedures. It considers how this requirement has assumed the important position it now holds and examines the way in which the requirement is given legal force.

9781859182758 (pbk.) : £7.05 1859182755

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Physician and patient--Ireland
Patient compliance--Ireland
Informed consent (Medical law)--Ireland
Advice and Rights.
Ireland
Public health & safety law
Medicolegal issues

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