Negotiorum Gestio: the Element of Emergency in the Doctrine of Informed Consent

• Published in: Teisė (Vilniaus universitato leidykla) Vol. 131; pp. 126 - 141
• Main Authors: Lytvynenko, Anatoliy A., Machovenko, Jevgenij, Jurkeviča, Tatjana I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 29.08.2024

The rule of an obligatory consent of a patient for a medical procedure has its exceptions, one of the most cited of which is a condition of emergency, under which the physician is not under the obligation to seek for the patient’s consent, but to provide the treatment, which is strictly necessary up...