title: Norway: valid (as opposed to informed) consent.
abstract: The traditional concept of "informed" consent may be too restrictive; "valid" consent may be a more manageable criterion. Norway's 1999 Patients' Rights Act comes into force on Jan 1, 2001. This essay asks if this new legislation is compatible with this concept of valid consent--and concludes that it is.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Norway. aslak.syse@jus.uio.no
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authors.lastname: Syse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016743:Mental Competency; D009664:Norway; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards