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Archive > February, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 2

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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