Clinical Law Southampton

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Clinical Law Southampton: Mr Robert Wheeler, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Director of the Department of Clinical Law, discusses issues arising in clinical practice such as consent and confidentiality.

  1. 26/08/2022

    Abandoning Hope

    TC was 69 when she presented with a supraglottic laryngeal cancer, affecting both her breathing and swallowing.

  2. 19/08/2022

    Balancing Conflicting Interest

    An eagerly awaited case has been decided. You may recall the story of ABC, whose father, XX, killed her mother, leading to his detention in a psychiatric facility.

  3. 12/08/2022

    Refusing Consent For Surgery

    Two recent cases with similar facts have resulted in different outcomes. ZA was a 53 year old schizophrenic woman who lacked capacity, and would die if she did not undergo an above knee amputation.

  4. 17/12/2021

    Defamation

    The therapeutic relationship is based on a patient's trust and confidence; in particular that she believes that her doctor (or any other clinician) knows what they are doing.

  5. 10/12/2021

    Approving Palliation

    In August 2019, a hospital sought a court declaration that RR (a 20 year old man)lacked the capacity to make decisions about the palliative care that he was being offered, and to approve the proposed plan.

  6. 03/12/2021

    Delusions And Capacity

    It is intuitive that delusional illness impairs patients' capacity. But equally we are now well aware of the danger of discriminating against people on the basis of irrelevant considerations, as embodied in the Equality Act 2010.

  7. 26/11/2021

    Parents Opposing Consent In Competent Children

    It is not unusual to hear that a child or young person is refusing treatment, and that those with parental responsibility are providing consent on his or her behalf. Whether parental consent is valid in these circumstances requires resolution in each case. Highly unusual is a different presentation: where a competent child is seeking treatment and providing valid consent, but the parents oppose the intervention.

  8. 08/10/2021

    Toothache And Incapacity

    P is 17 with severe autism, living with his parents. He is unable to communicate in any consistently effective way.

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Clinical Law Southampton: Mr Robert Wheeler, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Director of the Department of Clinical Law, discusses issues arising in clinical practice such as consent and confidentiality.

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    CLAWS
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    57
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