Richmond C
CMAJ. 1995 Oct 1;153(7):980-1.
In a controversial decision, the General Medical Council has found a consultant anesthetist guilty of serious professional misconduct for giving a painkilling suppository without forewarning the patient and obtaining consent. Even though the suppository was misplaced in the patient's vagina, this was accepted as a mistake, at issue was whether a specific separate consent was required for insertion of the suppository.
在一项颇具争议的裁决中,英国医学总会判定一名麻醉科会诊医生严重违反职业操守,因其在给患者使用止痛栓剂时未事先告知并征得同意。尽管栓剂误放入了患者阴道,但这被认定为一个失误,争议点在于插入栓剂是否需要另行单独征得同意。