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Search through expert guidance and practical advice to help you practise with confidence. You'll find everything from responding to local resolution complaints to working outside your usual field of practice during a pandemic.
Our webinar covers what you need to know about assessing a patient's capacity to make decisions about their treatment, and other key areas.
Consent is too often seen as a transaction rather than a conversation, says Dr Michael Quinn. He believes the process must evolve in the interests of patients and doctors - and that technology can support this transition.
Explaining informed consent and the significance of Montgomery vs Lanarkshire Health Board.
Storing patient information in a cloud can be useful – but it's worth making sure you've considered data security and confidentiality issues.
How would you proceed if the police asked you to disclose a patient's records without their knowledge or consent?
Advice on assessing best interests when patients can't consent to treatment.
Broaden your understanding of a range of medico-legal topics with our webinars, delivered by MDU doctors.
Book a free 20 minute consultation with Armstrong Watson.
Assessing a patient's capacity to consent is essential, and it’s important to take all practicable steps to help patients make decisions.
A junior doctor worries his insistence on having a chaperone present for an intimate examination may have been inappropriate.
What you need to know about assessing testamentary capacity - the ability or understanding needed to make a valid will.