1. Re F [1990] 2 AC 1.
2. Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991, section 2(4).
3. GMC, Treatment and Care Towards the End of Life: Good Practice in Decision Making (2010), para 68.
4. Malette v Shulman [1988] 47 DLR (4th) 18.
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6. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 2 All ER 118.
7. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, “Management of Information”, 1996 Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. Volume II. Scoring Guidelines. JCAHO: Oakbrook Terrace, IL (1995)
8. NPSA, Safety in Doses: Medication Safety Incidents in the NHS PSO/2 (2007)
9. Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, Report Briefing (2006), p 2
10. GMC, Good Medical Practice (2006) paras 50 and 51.
11. GMC, Confidentiality (2009) para 7.
12. Ibid.