Abstract
A brief overview of the legal aspects of emergency care in England is provided by the British Medical Journal's legal correspondent. Since little case law exists in this area, the author offers guidance on how far a doctor might go in treating without consent by suggesting how a physician's actions in various circumstances might be viewed by the courts. Among the emergency situations described are those of unconscious adults or children who are unable to give consent, unconscious adults or children whose family members refuse treatment, and patients who consent to surgery for one condition but then present on the operating table with an additional ailment requiring treatment.
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