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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Informed Consent
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Informed Consent
Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Informed Consent
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Informed Consent

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Informed Consent  

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Note

  • competency to consent: coordinate IM with MENTAL COMPETENCY (IM)

Scope note

  • Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

History note

  • 73(71)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007258

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