Summary
This article in the Nursing Times explains how the law has evolved and how it applies to nursing practice, describing the legal duty of nurses to obtain informed consent from their patients before carrying out any treatment or intervention, and why informed consent is fundamental to the provision of person-centred care.
Informed consent 1: legal basis and implications for practice (21 May 2018)
https://www.nursingtimes.net/roles/nurse-educators/informed-consent-1-legal-basis-and-implications-for-practice-21-05-2018/
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