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50 - Human fertilisation and embryology authority – code of practice (extracts)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Sue Eckstein
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Part 7 Consent

General

Consent to examination and treatment

  1. 7.1 People generally have the right to give or withhold consent to examination and treatment. Centres' attention is drawn to the general guidance given in “A Guide to Consent for Examination and Treatment” by the Department of Health.

Treatment without consent

  1. 7.2 Centres may examine or treat people without first obtaining their consent only in exceptional circumstances. The only circumstances likely to arise in the course of infertility treatment services are where the procedure is necessary to save the person's life, cannot be postponed, and they are unconscious and cannot indicate their wishes.

Consent to the presence of observers

  1. 7.3 If a member of the centre's team wishes an observer to be present when a person is being examined, treated or counselled, they should explain, preferably before hand, who the observer is and why this is desirable, and ask the person whether there is any objection. If the person objects, the observer should not attend.

General obligations

  1. 7.4 Centres should allow people seeking treatment, people considering donation and those seeking storage sufficient time to reflect on their decision, before obtaining written consent. A copy of the consent form should be given to the person giving consent.

  2. 7.5 Centres should ensure that people do not feel under any pressure to give their consent.

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Manual for Research Ethics Committees
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
, pp. 333 - 340
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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