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Recent developments in informed consent: the basis of modern medical ethics

✍ Scribed by TAY, Catherine Swee Kian

Book ID
111241765
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
82 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0219-0494

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Abstract

Informed consent is today of paramount importance to the dental and medical professions because of modern ethical issues and medico‐legal consequences. This paper looks at the risk communication by medical and dental practitioners as the patient's right to know constitutes the basis of modern medical ethics. The paper discusses informed consent for both clinical practices as well as for clinical research study.

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