Challenging the comparison in Montgomery between patients and 'consumers exercising choices'

Jackson, Emily (2021) Challenging the comparison in Montgomery between patients and 'consumers exercising choices'. Medical Law Review, 29 (4). 595 - 612. ISSN 0967-0742

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Abstract

In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, Lords Kerr and Reed referred to the increasing tendency to treat patients ‘as consumers exercising choices’. The question of whether it is helpful to regard patients as consumers is not a new one, but it arises most frequently in discussions about the commercialisation of healthcare. Comparing patients with consumers in relation to informed consent is an interesting development, especially in the light of the growing body of contract and consumer law scholarship which questions the extent to which information disclosures to consumers produce informed choices. If there is evidence that the duties of disclosure which are imposed on retailers, in order to redress the imbalance of knowledge and power in the consumer-retailer relationship, do not always fulfil their intended purpose, might this have any resonance for the duties of disclosure which are imposed upon healthcare professionals?

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://academic.oup.com/medlaw
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE Law
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2021 11:27
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2024 07:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111826

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