Question 110 · LEK · Consent and treatment without consent
A medical intervention made without a patient’s consent is an illegal action:
- A. only if the patient suffered harm.
- B. only if the consent was of a general nature, without a clear specification of the medical intervention.
- C. even if the intervention was made in accordance with up-to-date medical knowledge.
- D. only if the intervention was made contrary to up-to-date medical knowledge.
- E. only if the intervention was made by an unauthorised person.
Hint
Lawfulness of a medical intervention rests on several conditions at once - is professional correctness alone sufficient?
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