Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
Mr Joseph Chrysostom MBBS, MS (General Surgery), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh is a retired Associate Specialist in A&E, working in a university health board in South Wales. His professional interests lie in the emergency initial management and resuscitation of surgical patients and major trauma cases. He is also an Advanced Trauma […]
Informed consent is the bedrock of medical practice and indicates the explicit permission a patient gives for a specified medical intervention. Consent can only be granted following discussions about the anticipated consequences of the proposed treatment, potential risks and benefits, and the outcomes of alternative treatments including no treatment. The courts regard notions of consent […]