Denial of Health Care and Informed Consent in English and American Law
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1992
ISSN
0098-8588
Publisher
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Language
en-US
Abstract
Health care rationing has gained greater visibility in the United States and the United Kingdom, for quite different reasons. As patients in both countries become more aware that potentially beneficial medical services can be denied them on economic — as opposed to purely medical — grounds, they are beginning to seek help from the judiciary. This Article contends that as rationing becomes more explicit, the doctrine of informed consent will come under increased pressure. The Article suggests that courts and legislatures consider imposing a legal obligation on physicians to inform their patients when potentially effective treatment is to be withheld for economic or other non-clinical reasons.
Recommended Citation
Frances H. Miller,
Denial of Health Care and Informed Consent in English and American Law
,
in
18
American Journal of Law & Medicine
37
(1992).
Available at:
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0098858800011345
