A series of posts on patient consent – (2) [ << Previous ] [Next >>] The Schloendorff Case In 1914, in the case of Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospitals, [1] Justice Benjamin Cardozo produced perhaps the most widely quoted statement of a patient’s right to self-determination:“Every human being of adult years and sound … Continue reading Canterbury v Spence – the birth of “informed consent”