Research Handbook on Medical Consent

Name: Research Handbook on Medical Consent
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781803920528
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Author: Jose Miola; Louise Austin
ISBN: 9781803920528

Edited by Jose Miola · Louise Austin

New Arrival Edward Elgar Publishing April 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781803920528
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: April 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This insightful Research Handbook examines the persistent tensions between medical practitioners and patients in the context of consent. Experts contributors from legal, philosophical and medical fields explore the impact of the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board through a variety of lenses.

Chapters cover the safety dimensions of consent, as well as the role of objective perspectives, autonomy and dignity. They address medical consent in research and innovative treatments in different jurisdictions, focusing on areas where varied interests are not easily resolved, such as abortion, end of life care, mental capacity and the treatment of children and older people. The Research Handbook also highlights the difficulties of applying legal and ethical rules of consent in the setting of Emergency departments.

This is an essential resource for students and academics specialising in health law, philosophy and ethics and for those interested in the tensions of informed medical consent. It is also a beneficial guide for medical and legal practitioners, presenting crucial insights into the practicalities of implementing legal regulations around medical consent.

1.
Introduction: navigating the complexities of medical consent 1: Louise Austin and José Miola; PART I INFORMED CONSENT AND THE IMPACT OF MONTGOMERY; 2.
Mind the (ethico-legal) gap: the relationship between medical law and ethics in informed consent 7: Louise Austin and José Miola; 3.
Impact of Montgomery on clinical practice: the use of core information sets 25: Barry G. Main and Jane M. Blazeby; 4.
Rogers v Whitaker: much ado about nothing 63: Bernadette Richards; 5.
Medical negligence and the duty to advise: a Singapore story 76: Kumaralingam Amirthalingam; 6.
The Montgomery mistake 98: Craig Purshouse; 7.
Clinical practice guidelines for consent after Montgomery: uneasy bedfellows or a workable partnership? 112: Jo Samanta and Ash Samanta; PART II PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMED CONSENT; 8.
Healthcare harm and the safety of informed consent 143: Oliver Quick; 9.
Causation and consent to medical treatment: the risks and benefits of a consent-based approach to causation in negligence 163: Gemma Turton; 10.
Alternatives to autonomy 185: Charles Foster; 11.
Medical consent and the broader consent paradigm 200: Tsachi Keren-Paz; PART III NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES; 12.
Consent to innovative and experimental treatments from a Singaporean perspective 235: Sumytra Menon; 13.
Informed consent, English law and implantable medical devices: learning the lessons from the vaginal mesh scandal 247: Jean V. McHale; 14.
Consent for data and tissue research 266: Angela Ballantyne; PART IV CONSENT AT THE MARGINS; 15.
British abortion law and the challenges of consent 290: Rachel Arkell and Clare Murphy; 16.
Adolescent consent to treatment for gender dysphoria in England and Wales 310: Emma Cave; 17.
Consent in emergency medicine 328: Rebecca Whiticar; 18.
Informed consent at the end of life 346: Rob Heywood; PART V PROXY CONSENT; 19.
What’s the harm? An analysis of best interests through the lens of harm reduction and relative harm in the context of disagreement in the care of critically ill children 368: Peta Coulson-Smith and Emma Nottingham; 20.
The role and influence of social media on medical treatment decisions for critically ill children 394: Neera Bhatia; 21.
Consent and mental capacity law: a story of (dis)empowerment and medical dominance 412: Beverley Clough and Ruby Reed-Berendt; 22.
Proxy consent for the elderly: a relational autonomy perspective 442: Roy Gilbar; 23.
Conclusion: (re)considering consent in medicine – the role of the law, patient autonomy, and consent 459: Sara Fovargue