“autonomy is fundamentally inadequate in healthcare settings"

“A large number of studies have shown that huge percentages of people who give their informed consent to treatment or to their involvement in research do not really understand what they have chosen. Autonomy lives with hope and hope, in the form of the therapeutic misconception, often trumps autonomy.”
http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/9979#comments

Mandatory influenza vaccination in healthcare professionals? Strong arguments are missing and important risks are taken

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e2217/rr/580256

trainees could be accused of “battery” for performing pelvic examinations under anaesthesia, say legal analysts

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e2426