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Issues of Patient Consent and Liability for Unauthorized Treatment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012
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Obtaining and maintaining patient consent for treatment should be one of first considerations in every encounter between the health care practitioner and the patient. The emergency health care provider must be able to make rapid and correct assessments of the patient's consent to treatment before such treatment is commenced. The following paper will discuss the primary issues in this area.
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