Legal aspects of consent 11: compulsory Caesarean sections.
Case Scenario: Miss MB required a Caesarean section in order to save her fetus. However, while she gave consent to the operation, she suffered from a needle phobia which caused her to panic and refuse the preliminary anaesthetic. The trust applied for a declaration that the Caesarean section could take place on the grounds that the needle phobia rendered her mentally incapacitated and therefore the operation should proceed in her best interests (Re MB (an adult: medical treatment), [1997]).
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University of Glamorgan.
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom