Nurses have a legal duty to ensure they obtain informed consent from their patients before carrying out any intervention or treatment. This is one of the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code. This article - the first in a series of two - discusses why informed consent is fundamental to the provision of person-centred care and explores the legal principles behind it.
Taylor, H. 2018. Informed Consent -1: legal basis and implications for practice. Nursing Times, 114 (6) p 25 - 28.