Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin:

Actually, no. Informed consent in modern obstetric practice means the partnership is not just equal, the woman is the centre. Her autonomy is respected. There is much implied consent used in work on a day-to-day basis in the sense that checking of the receipt of information, the tell-back of the information and if this what the woman agrees with is taken in many forms of communication, including verbal and non-verbal, written and non-written.