Emergency Doctrine

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emergency doctrine,

(in law) a doctrine that assumes a person's consent to medical treatment when he or she is in imminent danger and unable to give informed consent to treatment. Emergency doctrine assumes that the person would consent if able to do so. Commonly known as implied consent.

Emergency Doctrine

A guiding principle that permits health care providers to perform potentially life-saving procedures under circumstances in which it is impossible or impractical to obtain consent

emergency doctrine

A guiding principle that permits health care providers to perform potentially life-saving procedures under circumstances where it is impossible or impractical to obtain consent. See Informed consent. See Good Samaritan laws. Cf 'Rule of rescue.'.

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