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Capacity assessment during labour and the role of opt-out consent
- Correspondence to Kelsey Mumford, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA; kelseymumford{at}utexas.edu
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Capacity assessment during labour and the role of opt-out consent
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- Received April 24, 2023
- Accepted June 9, 2023
- First published July 7, 2023.
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October 18, 2023
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