Spectator N0. 2679 : Choc-A-Block By Doc
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http://www.advicenow.org.uk/fileLibrary/pdf/Next_of_Kin0 02.pdf
while "next of Kin" may not have a medical meaning, It can cause problems in hospital if your partner could not express his own wishes and had not made clear HIMSELF who he wanted consulted.
You do get circs where a partner will express a view and a sibling or parent will express a different view, basically, the doctor, who doesn't know ANY of you, will need to decide who to consult and whose views to take into account.
Also there may be issues with your children in the same circs if you partner is not registered as their father on the birth cert