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PDFLaw, ethics and medicine
One step forward, two steps back? The GMC, the common law and ‘informed’ consent
- Correspondence to Dr Sara Fovargue, Law School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YN, UK; s.fovargue{at}lancaster.ac.uk
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One step forward, two steps back? The GMC, the common law and ‘informed’ consent
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- Received August 26, 2009
- Revised February 19, 2010
- Accepted March 31, 2010
- First published July 27, 2010.
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April 27, 2016
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