DIGEST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION REFERENCES

66. Informed consent to medical treatment

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Received:		15 October 1987
Preliminary Paper:		Discussion Paper Informed Consent to Medical Treatment, VLRC DP 7, November 1987
		Issued by the Victorian Law Reform Commission in conjunction with this Commission and the Australian Law Reform Commission.
Report 62:		Informed Decisions about Medical Procedures, June 1989
		Tabled in Parliament 16 November 1989
		Published jointly by the Victorian Law Reform Commission VLRC 24 and the Australian Law Reform Commission ALRC 50.
Legislative Action:		None. However, the Report has been substantially implemented by the issue of guidelines by the NSW Department of Health.
Note:		See also Reference 106: Consent of minors to medical treatment