Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
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THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF<br />
INFORMED CONSENT:<br />
THE BASIC PRINCIPLES<br />
The Ethical and Professional Principle<br />
of Patient Au<strong>to</strong>nomy in Law<br />
“Every human being of adult years and sound<br />
mind has a right <strong>to</strong> determine what shall be<br />
done with his own body; and a Surgeon who performs<br />
an operation without the Patient’s <strong>Consent</strong> commits an<br />
Assault.”<br />
Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital<br />
[1914] 211 NY 125
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