| 释义 |
therapeutic privilege
The right of a doctor to withhold information from a patient when it is feared that disclosure could cause immediate and serious harm to the patient (e.g. because he or she is suffering from severe depression). In exceptional cases, the need to withhold information may be considered to override the requirement to obtain informed consent before proceeding with treatment. In such a case therapeutic privilege could be used as a legal defence against the charge of battery or negligence. Such a concept was still maintained in the judgment of the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, [2015] AC 1430. |