The requirements of consent to medical treatment, including the legal capacity of minors, psychotic patients, and prisoners to give binding consent to medical intervention, have increasingly presented a confused and anxious problem. A series of legal decisions of a binding or persuasive nature are analysed and five "rules", outlining the extent of the duty to advise and the degree of disclosure demanded by law, are advanced.
医疗同意的要求，包括未成年人、精神病患者和囚犯对医疗干预给予具有约束力同意的法律行为能力，日益成为一个令人困惑和焦虑的问题。对一系列具有约束力或说服力的法律裁决进行了分析，并提出了五条“规则”，概述了告知义务的范围以及法律要求的披露程度。
