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from Section 11 - Professionalism, Patient Safety, Governance and Health Systems Management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Key Learning Points
1. The capacity to make an autonomous decision is central to all of modern medicine.
2. Valid consent requires the voluntary decision of an individual with capacity who has been given adequate information.
3. When a patient lacks the capacity to consent, then the justification for treating them is best interests.
4. Mediation is a process where the two (or more) sides of a dispute have a structured conversation to try and find a mutually acceptable resolution.
5. The results of mediation showed that between 60 and 90 per cent of disputes settled without the need to go to court.
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