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UK and Changing Attitudes Regarding Informed Consent

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by the Supreme Court of Canada appears to me, with great respect, to be contrary to English law. Its foundation is the doctrine of informed consent which was originally based  on the assumption... in Canterbury v Spence " (Lord Diplock, in the case of Sidaway v Board of Governors of Bethlem Royal and the Maudsley Hospital [1985] 1 All  ER 643). The doctrine of informed consent can be seen as a doctrine included and embraced by the law in other countries, seen as an essential part of the  law. Yet in the UK this is still lacking, there is no doctrine that can be referred to or relied upon, and as a result we can see that there  are contradiction in UK law emerging that appears to be moving towards the need for acceptance of informed consent, but never taking that final leap. In ethical terms we may  argue that each individual deserves the right to make their own decision, and to be given all of the evidence in order to make those decision., Furthermore, that the decision  should be respected. In essence, the lack of an informed consent doctrine, whilst aimed at protecting the individual may be seen as encouraging unethical withholding of information and a lack  of individual respect. In this relativity recent case there is the denial of a doctrine that has been accepted in many other countries, the doctrine of informed consent. When  we look at the wider picture and the way that consent can be gained in general terms there are guidelines laid down in many different practices, from medical institutions to  social research, in general terms there are three main attributes needed for the generally recognised satisfaction of being able to give consent. The student should not we are taking of