THE EFFECTS OF AGE, INFORMATION, AND PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION ON INFORMED CONSENT.

The informed consent doctrine is based on the idea that an individual possesses the right of self-determination and therefore should retain control over his or her own body. For consent to be valid, the patient must have the capacity to consent, and give the consent knowingly, and voluntarily. In de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: SHINN, MADELINE JANE.
Other Authors: Rosser, Rosemary
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1984
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187734
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/187734