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Should doctors talk to relatives without a competent patient’s consent?
- Correspondence to: O Mytton PRHO General Surgery, North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 7JB, UK; oliver.myttondoctors.org.uk
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Should doctors talk to relatives without a competent patient’s consent?
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- Received April 19, 2004
- Accepted June 10, 2004
- First published April 29, 2005.
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April 27, 2016
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