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 STANDARD OF CARE IN<br />
INFORMED CONSENT<br />
Rogers v Whitaker<br />
[1992] 67 ALJR 47<br />
A Medical Practitioner would breach his/her duty if<br />
he/she failed <strong>to</strong> warn a Patient of a Material Risk<br />
inherent in the proposed treatment or procedure.<br />
A “Material Risk” is defined as one that a reasonable<br />
person in the Patient’s position, if warned of the risk,<br />
would be likely <strong>to</strong> attach significance <strong>to</strong> it.
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