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Monday 27 August 2018

Explain the meaning of ‘valid consent’

In legal terms, valid consent to care or treatment has three requirements:
·         The individual has the legal capacity and competence to give consent

·         The consent is the free expression of individual’s own accord (not obligated, bounded or pressurised by all means)

·         The consent must be based on sufficient information being provided, and all other advantage and disadvantage are being explained to the individual