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How do doctors establish consent before performing a procedure on a patient?
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Informed Consent: The details may vary depending on the legal system or area where you live. Informed consent is information given to the patient and/or patient's decision maker understand the intervention, the expected benefits from this intervention, the potential adverse effects and alternative treatments that may potentially be beneficial. There are times when this may not be possible or plausible.
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