%0 Journal Article %A Simon Britten %T Treating the injured: a privilege conferred by both patient and wider society %D 2024 %J Bone & Joint Open %P 565-569 %V 5 %N 7 %R 10.1302/2633-1462.57.BJO-2024-0052 %U https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.57.BJO-2024-0052 %K The medical exception,Proper medical treatment,Reasonable treatment options,Montgomery 2015,McCulloch 2023,Offences against the Person Act 1861,Civil law,Criminal law,Consent,Consent in trauma,Orthopaedic Trauma,Orthopaedic Surgeons,Physicians,orthopaedic trauma surgeons,orthopaedic trauma surgeons,limb injury,wounding,Limb Reconstruction,surgical treatment,alternative treatments