Limits to consent in cosmetic interventions: an update
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Preparation of Keratin Hydrolysate from Chicken Feathers and Its Application in Cosmetics
Published on: November 27, 2017
Alexander C L Holden1, Cameron Stewart2
1The University of Sydney School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Abstract:
This update restates the legal limits of consent to medical treatment. It reviews the classic statement of law set down by the case of R v Brown, where 'proper medical treatment' was stated to be exempted from the ordinary laws of consent. This position has been recently developed further by the 2018 English case of R v BM where a non-medical body modification artist was convicted for having carried out substantive body modification procedures. This article considers how these developments may affect Australian law, particularly laws pertaining to cosmetic procedures.
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