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J Med Ethics 28:249-254 doi:10.1136/jme.28.4.249
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Consent, sectionalisation and the concept of a medical procedure

Table 1

Characteristics of procedure typology

Characteristic Parts-of Sub-procedure Combined procedure
Entailment Entailed by procedure Not entailed by main procedure Not entailed by primary procedure
Effect of inclusion Does not change the nature of the procedure May (Major sub-procedure) or may not change (Minor sub-procedure) the nature of the procedure Will always change the nature of the primary procedure
Purpose Enables/furthers the purpose of the procedure Adjunctive to the purpose of the procedure Different purpose to the primary procedure
Existence Is not a stand alone procedure May exist as a stand alone procedure May exist as a stand alone procedure

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