LEGAL. Keeping the person's best interests in mind: A fundamental right of patients in healthcare is the right to consent to and refuse treatment.

The article discusses a court case which relates to a next of kin's refusal to give consent for their relative, who lacked legal capacity to make decisions as she had schizophrenia and dementia, to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Topics include the right of patients in healthcare to consent to and refuse treatment, the basis of the judge's declaration the it was in the best interest of the patient to receive the vaccination and the difficulty in deciding what is in the patient's best interests.