Legal principles of shared decision-making for healthcare: what are we required to do?

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
² Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
³ International Brain Tumour Alliance, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5WQ, UK.
⁴ 1 Crown Office Row, Temple, London EC4Y 7HH, UK.
⁵ School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

Abeezar I Sarela et al. J R Soc Med. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;118(4):109-111.

doi: 10.1177/01410768251324817. Epub 2025 Mar 25.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
² Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
³ International Brain Tumour Alliance, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5WQ, UK.
⁴ 1 Crown Office Row, Temple, London EC4Y 7HH, UK.
⁵ School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

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