{
  "abstract": "Autonomy, it is widely taken, is the organising aspiration of contemporary healthcare.1–4 Thought to manifest autonomy, consent has long played a central role in bioethics—working the ‘moral magic’ that distinguishes healthcare delivery from battery, participation in research from unethical human experimentation.5 6 Moreover, consent serves as the ethical basis of most medical and legal relationships.7 8 But consent has drawn sustained attention in recent years, as scholars have challenged its content, moral effects and limits.9–11 This issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics offers a range of perspectives on the role of consent in contemporary healthcare—what it means, how to ensure consent is present, and whether there are circumstances in healthcare where consent is not what matters.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"
      ],
      "name": "James Toomey"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Consent and consents in contemporary healthcare",
  "uid": "9885dbb4-8f81-5ab9-801e-b127a6d35bd9"
}