High Court judge gives doctors permission to perform mastectomy on woman

A judge has made orders permitting doctors to carry out a mastectomy within days on an intellectually disabled woman based on evidence she lacks capacity to understand she has breast cancer or the consequences of failure to treat it.

High Court judge gives doctors permission to perform mastectomy on woman

Ann O'Loughlin

A judge has made orders permitting doctors to carry out a mastectomy within days on an intellectually disabled woman based on evidence she lacks capacity to understand she has breast cancer or the consequences of failure to treat it.

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