title: A justification for medical procedures performed without consent.
authors.forename: PDG
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skegg
mesh_terms: D002649:Child Abuse; D002835:Christianity; D002961:Civil Rights; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005610:Freedom; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008318:Malpractice; D016743:Mental Competency; D033282:Parental Consent; D005791:Patient Care; D010361:Patients; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians; D013405:Suicide; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal