Royal College Of Surgeons Podcasts

In 2015, almost 60 years of conventional medical practice was legally challenged in a landmark case regarding consent to treatment. The College has developed a series of three podcasts exploring the legal, ethical and practical implications of the Montgomery judgement, and discussing the new guidance on Consent: Supported Decision-Making, produced by the College. The first episode considered the legal context for the move towards supported decision-making and the second considered the benefits, beyond the law, and the ethical challenges for surgeons. This third and final episode discusses how surgeons can ease the transition and consider some of the practical implications for surgeons’ professional life.

In 2015, almost 60 years of conventional medical practice was legally challenged in a landmark case regarding consent to treatment. The College has developed a series of three podcasts exploring the legal, ethical and practical implications of the Montgomery judgement, and discussing the new guidance on Consent: Supported Decision-Making, produced by the College. Our first podcast considered the legal context of the Montgomery ruling. This episode discusses the benefits of this change beyond the law, and explores some of the ethical challenges of the judgement for surgeons.

In 2015, almost 60 years of conventional medical practice was legally challenged in a landmark case regarding consent to treatment. The College has developed a series of three podcasts exploring the legal, ethical and practical implications of the Montgomery judgement, and discussing the new guidance on Consent: Supported Decision-Making, produced by the College. The first podcast in the series discusses the main principles of the Montgomery ruling and includes a dramatisation based on two real medicolegal case studies involving consent, illustrating the important shifts in practice that are now required to work within the law.