Answer the following about the legal responsibilities of doctors, for 10 points each:
[10m] A doctor has this legal responsibility to their patient, which must be breached to establish negligence. In general, fulfilling this legal responsibility requires one to act as a reasonable person would in preventing harm to others.
ANSWER: duty of care [prompt on duty]
[10e] Before treatment, the “informed” type of this concept is often required, which requires a patient to know about the risks and benefits of a procedure before voluntarily giving permission for it.
ANSWER: informed consent
[10h] In England and Wales, this standard requires a child to have “sufficient understanding and intelligence” to consent to treatment. This competence standard is named for a 1985 case involving a contraception campaigner.
ANSWER: Gillick competence