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  2. Implied consent - Wikipedia

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    [31] Implied consent in law indicates that "medical necessity requires a genuine perception of emergency, and a reasonable response." [30] Some doctors have tried to claim implied consent in the sterilization of women belonging to ethnic minority groups in Europe. This then led to the formation of laws concerning human rights by international ...

  3. Medical emergency - Wikipedia

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    Implied consent means that treatment can be given, because it is assumed that the patient would want that care. Usually, once care has begun, a first responder or first aid provider may not leave the patient or terminate care until a responder of equal or higher training (such as an emergency medical technician ) assumes care.

  4. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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    As the medical guidelines established in the Nuremberg Code were imported into the ethical guidelines for the social sciences, informed consent became a common part of the research procedure. [34] However, while informed consent is the default in medical settings, it is not always required in the social sciences.

  5. Confidentiality - Wikipedia

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    There are two ways to give consent: explicit consent or implied consent. Explicit consent is when a patient clearly communicates to a healthcare worker, verbally or in writing or in some other way, that relevant confidential information can be shared. Implied consent means that a patient's consent to share personal confidential information is ...

  6. Consent - Wikipedia

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    Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. [1] It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual consent. Consent as understood in specific contexts may differ from its everyday meaning.

  7. Informed Consent in Medical Research - Wikipedia

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    Informed Consent in Medical Research is a medical textbook on medical ethics, authored by Jeffrey S. Tobias and Len Doyal, and published by Wiley in 2001. It was produced in response to the debates between the authors in 1997, following the response to the 1990's British Medical Journal publications of studies in which consent was not obtained by participants.

  8. McConnell defends polio vaccine after report that RFK Jr ...

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    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a polio survivor, responded critically to a report in The New York Times that a key lawyer and longtime advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  9. Informed refusal - Wikipedia

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    Informed refusal is where a person has refused a recommended medical treatment based upon an understanding of the facts and implications of not following the treatment. [1] [2] Informed refusal is linked to the informed consent process, as a patient has a right to consent, but also may choose to refuse.