Dr Joe Brierley, Director of Bioethics at Great Ormond Street Hospital and a Consultant in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, sits down for a conversation with Mr Simon Blackburn, Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon and Director of Medical Education at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

They discuss the legal, ethical and practicalities of consent including current movements towards consent being patient rather than doctor focused, and thoughts on assent and dissent. Th referenced artcle pertaining to the Montgomery case can be found here: https://rcpsg.ac.uk/college/this-is-what-we-stand-for/policy/consent/the-montgomery-case.

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