The management of risk. Part 2: Good consent and communication.
Valid consent is an absolute requirement of ethically correct treatment. This second article, in a series covering the management of risk, defines consent but also describes the role that appropriate consent, through good communication, plays in clinical and ethical risk management and the reduction of complaints.


CONCLUSIONS
Valid consent is fundamental to the ethical and legal treatment of patients.
Andrew
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Collier
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