title: Balancing law, ethics and reality in informed consent for surgery.
abstract: Informed consent has different implications and requirements in law and bioethics, and some irreconcilable disputes with the reality of surgical practice in the National Health Service. This article explores and discusses various aspects of informed consent that are of critical importance for practising surgeons in all specialties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper GI Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & School of Law, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sarela
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*