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Ethics of the fiduciary relationship between patient and physician: the case of informed consent
- Correspondence to Dr Eva C Winkler, National Center of Tumor Diseases, Department of Medical Oncology, Section for Translational Medical Ethics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany; eva.winkler{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de
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Ethics of the fiduciary relationship between patient and physician: the case of informed consent
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- Received July 13, 2022
- Accepted December 8, 2022
- First published December 23, 2022.
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