Competence

Mar 25, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Competence

CHAPTER 7 Competence 7.1 Assessing the competence of patients to give consent [7.1.1] What is meant by ‘competence to consent to medical treatment’? As chapter 6 makes clear, consent is…

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Consent

Mar 25, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Consent

CHAPTER 6 Consent 6.1 Obtaining consent [6.1.1] What is consent? Consent, in this context, is the permission given by one person to be touched by another. Generally speaking, no-one is…

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