Consent – Dental Protection Part 2
A landmark legal case involving a medical practitioner (a surgeon) broke new ground just a few years ago and demonstrated just how far the UK courts would go in order to uphold patient autonomy, even...
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Influence We can influence patients consciously or subconsciously by the way in which we communicate with them. For example The words we use Whether the words are written or spoken, a patient’s...
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Competence In order both to understand the information provided, and to give the necessary authority for consent, a patient must be competent. “Competence” in this context means the patient’s ability...
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Children Most children eventually reach an age where they can grasp relevant facts about their body and about proposed treatment to it. They can give consent to treatment, but the degree of...
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Avoid restricting the person’s rights See if there are other options that may be less restrictive of the person’s rights. Weigh up all of these factors to work out what is in the person’s best...
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Material risks In an Australian case (Rogers v. Whitaker), the High Court of Australia ruled that a 1 in 14,000 risk of blindness associated with a procedure, should have been disclosed to a patient....
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Evidence base Some clinicians believe that patients must be provided with every last detail of the evidence base, in order to enable them to assess the information objectively and to compare...
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A patient sometimes consents to a particular line of treatment because of the apparent advantages or benefits as described by the dentist. Care should be taken to ensure that the information given is...
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Aspects of consent The General Dental Council is involved in various matters of consent, as ethical issues which reflect upon the professional conduct of a dentist. The General Dental Council...
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