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Obtaining the Patient’s Consent

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Consent can be defined as an agreement to do something or to allow something to happen, made with complete knowledge of all relevant facts, such as the risks involved and any available alternatives.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology The John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headley Way, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK

    Dr. James Vincent Byrne

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Byrne, J.V. (2012). Obtaining the Patient’s Consent. In: Tutorials in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19154-1_22

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