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Capacity assessment during labour and the role of opt-out consent
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Contributors The listed author contributed to creating the aim of the paper, the outline of the paper and the arguments raised in the paper, as well as wrote the manuscript.
Funding This work was funded by the Intramural Research Programme of the NIH Clinical Center.
Disclaimer The NIH had no role in the analysis, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit it for publication. The views expressed are the author’s and do not represent the positions or policies of the NIH Clinical Center, the National Institutes of Health or the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Competing interests None declared.
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