Consent Is Not a Clinical Document
August 28, 2026The Opinionated Scalpel — 01 Some time ago I was called to a court as a witness, in a matter concerning my own hospital. It was my first time. I had spent twenty-five years in medicine by then and had never once stood in a witness box. I arrived early and waited more than three hours. Courts have their own rhythm, and it is nothing like a hospital’s. In a hospital, I am accustomed to dealing with matters of life and death, the usual hustle and bustle that would unnerve an ordinary man. That room was alien. Lawyers moved…
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