title: The strange case of the misplaced suppository.
abstract: In a controversial decision, the General Medical Council has found a consultant anesthetist guilty of serious professional misconduct for giving a painkilling suppository without forewarning the patient and obtaining consent. Even though the suppository was misplaced in the patient's vagina, this was accepted as a mistake, at issue was whether a specific separate consent was required for insertion of the suppository.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richmond
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008508:Medication Errors; D013488:Suppositories; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D013488:Suppositories; D004008:Diclofenac