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Legal Update
When Is Consent Truly Informed?
Lorin Patterson, Esq.

Lorin Patterson, Esq. A female patient specifically indicates on a consent form that she doesn't want medical students to treat her. Despite her wishes, the supervising doctor lets a trainee participate in her surgery. The procedure ends with her esophagus having been torn. Now what?

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