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Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital (1914 ) 211 NY 125, 126 (Cardoso J)
2.
Sidaway v. Governors of Bethlem Royal Hospital [1985 ] AC 871, 904
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See, e.g., Re T (Adult: refusal of medical treatment) [1993 ] Fam 95
4.
For patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 different considerations may apply; these are not dealt with in this article
5.
See Re W (A minor) (Medical treatment: court's jurisdiction) [1993 ] Fam 64; Re R (a minor) (wardship: medical treatment) [1992 ] Fam 11; Family Law Reform Act 1969, s. 8
6.
See, e.g., the model consent form in A guide to consent for examination and treatment (HC (90) 22) Appendix A(l)
7.
Re T (adult: refusal of medical treatment) [1993 ] Fam 95
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Re T (supra) judgement of Staughton LJ, p. 122
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See judgement of Croom Johnson LJ in Wilson v Pringle [1987 ] QB 237
10.
HC (90) 22 Appendix A(l)
11.
Re F (Mental patient: sterilisation) [1990 ] 2 AC 1; T v T [1988 ] Fam 52
12.
Mental Health Act 1983 ; s. 7 –8
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Re F (see reference 11)
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Re F per Lord Goff p. 75
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Re F, p. 76 –77
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Marshall v Curry [1933 ] DLR 260
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Murray v McMurchy [1949 ] 2 DLR 442
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Re F, p. 55
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[1957 ] 1 WLR582
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Re F per Lord Goff, p. 78
21.
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993 ] AC 789, 898
22.
Re J (A minor) (Child in care: medical treatment) [1993 ] Fam 15
23.
See Re C (Mental patient: contact) [1993 ] Fam Law 404
24.
Re S (Adult: refusal of treatment) [1993 ] Fam 123
25.
Re F per Lord Goff, p 76, 77
26.
Re E (A minor) (Medical treatment) [1991 ] 2 FLR 585; Re GF (Medical treatment) [1992 ] 1 FLR 293. This category does not include abortions: Re SG (Adult mental patient: abortion) [1991] 2 FLR 329
27.
[1993 ] AC 789
28.
HC (90) 22 Appendix B