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Consent to transfusion - Irish Blood Transfusion Service

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THE LEGAL DOCTRINE OF<br />

INFORMED CONSENT:<br />

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IRISH LAW<br />

CASE LAW<br />

In Re K<br />

[2007] Unreported Supreme Court<br />

This case approved the ratio in the case of In<br />

Re Ward of Court adjudicated on in the<br />

Supreme Court in 1995. The ratio being that<br />

Medical Treatment may not be given <strong>to</strong> an<br />

Adult Person of full capacity without his/her<br />

<strong>Consent</strong>.

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