Principle

TORT LAW — Battery — Medical Treatment — Consent — Minor Patient — Consent Must Be Obtained from Patient Lacking Incapacity

Area of law
TORT LAW
Court
Supreme Court

A minor patient with capacity to understand the treatment may give consent. The doctor should obtain consent from the minor if they are capable. Relatives cannot override the minor's consent if the minor is competent. The court will examine whether the minor understood the procedure.…

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