What is the legal test for consent to medical treatment for an adult woman?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from American Academy of Pediatrics v. Lungren, 12 Cal.4th 1007, 51 Cal.Rptr.2d 201, 912 P.2d 1148 (Cal. 1996):

9 The same is not true for an adult woman or an emancipated minor, whose "reasonable expectation" regarding medical treatment includes "the right, in the exercise of control over [her] own body, to determine whether or not to submit to lawful medical treatment." (Cobbs v. Grant (1972) 8 Cal.3d 229, 242, 104 Cal.Rptr. 505, 502 P.2d 1.) Unlike the statutes governing consent to medical treatment for minors, there are no usual requirements that an adult woman obtain consent or authorization from a third party to obtain care.

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