Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service

THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF
INFORMED CONSENT:
THE STANDARD OF CARE IN
INFORMED CONSENT
Walsh v Family Planning Services
[1992] 1 IR 496
In Elective Procedures, , such as a Vasectomy,
there is a duty on the part of the Medical
Practitioner to warn the Patient, despite the
statistically negligible chance of any
complication arising such as Orichalgia which
emerged in the post Elective Procedure period.