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Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service

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THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF<br />

INFORMED CONSENT:<br />

THE TORT OF BATTERY<br />

The Tort of Battery is also a potential action<br />

Where there has been a particularly egregious<br />

defect in warning the Patient, such that it<br />

amounts <strong>to</strong> misleading the Patient about a key<br />

ingredient of the proposed Medical Procedure<br />

or Treatment. It may contain the following<br />

elements:

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