{"title":"Consent and confusion--who decides?","authors":"Ruth Kavanagh","doi":"10.1177/175045890401401101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current trends in the NHS promote patient rights including the right to accept or refuse surgery. Valid consent when the patient appears to have fluctuating competence can place theatre nurses in a difficult position. This article explores the legal framework in which the Department of Health consent forms work and looks at the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct for standards of practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":72468,"journal":{"name":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/175045890401401101","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/175045890401401101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Current trends in the NHS promote patient rights including the right to accept or refuse surgery. Valid consent when the patient appears to have fluctuating competence can place theatre nurses in a difficult position. This article explores the legal framework in which the Department of Health consent forms work and looks at the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct for standards of practice.