title: Ethical, professional, and legal obligations in clinical practice: a series of discussion topics for postgraduate medical education. Topic 2: consent and legal competence.
authors.affiliation: Craigavon Area Hospital, Northern Ireland. dmgore@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003219:Confidentiality; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations