## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Respect for patient autonomy is a core principle of American medicine. Informed consent is required for surgical procedures and blood transfusions but not for most medical treatments of hospitalized patients. ## HYPOTHESIS If given the option, patients want to give perm
Informed consent the whole truth for patients?
โ Scribed by John Lantos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 518 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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