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- Published on: 19 January 2009
- Published on: 19 January 2009Can surrogates provide consent?Show More
The article “Medical paternalism in House M.D”. by M R Wicclair in Medical Humanities 2008;34:93-99 made for interesting reading. However there is one point which needs further clarification in the context of English Law. The author states “Informed consent—the principle that, except in emergency situations, medical interventions require the voluntary and informed consent of patients or their surrogates—is a core ethical...
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