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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 1988 Health Information Management Association of Australia Limited
- ISSN
- 0817-3907
- eISSN
- 1833-3575
- DOI
- 10.1177/183335838801800112
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Book Review Title: Consent to Treatment which the doctor thinks unsafe, or on conditions which make him reluctant to accept responsibility for her con Author: Medical Defence Union finement, he should say so and, ifpossible, refer her to a Publisher: Medical Defence Union, London, 1986 colleague. It is important to establish a mutual Australian Distributor: understanding so that the patient consents to the obstetri The Australasian Medical Defence Union, cian taking those steps which he thinks necessary for the Level 9, 83 Clarence Street, safety of the patient and her child. Sydney, NSW, 2000 Although this is a great advance on the earlier booklet, the last sentence is unclear. Does it mean that, having agreed to be a patient of Doctor X because, in general, the The Australian Medical Record Journal of December ideas of the doctor and patient are compatible, the patient 1982 (Kearsey, 1982) carried a review of certain publications can be assumed to have given a blanket consent to any of the Medical Defence Union (MDU). While the procedure which Doctor X "thinks necessary"; or does it publications were generally considered useful, some con mean that an agreement has been reached before confine cerns were raised
Journal
Australian Medical Record Journal – SAGE
Published: Mar 1, 1988