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Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service

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THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF<br />

INFORMED CONSENT:<br />

DEFENCE TO THE TORT OF BATTERY<br />

Siddaway v Bethlem Royal Hospital<br />

[1985] 1 AC 871<br />

Instead, the issue <strong>to</strong> be addressed is whether<br />

or not a PRUDENT Medical Practitioner<br />

would have acted as the Defendant Medical<br />

Practitioner has done in releasing only certain<br />

amount of information <strong>to</strong> the Plaintiff Patient.

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