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Clinical issues on consent: some philosophical concerns
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- Published on: 31 March 2003
- Published on: 31 March 2003Using anaesthetised patients for medical studentsShow More
Dear Editor
A current matter under discussion in the BMJ is the use of patients conscious or anaesthetised patients for the instruction of medical students in pelvic and rectal (my apologies if one includes the other) examination - with no consent from the patient. There was no indication of whether children are used in this way. I do hope that this aspect of freely given, informed consent is examined in these pages....
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