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  • Title: Consent: what is the role of health care workers?
    Author: Dowd SB, Davidhizar R.
    Journal: Health Care Superv; 1996 Dec; 15(2):1-7. PubMed ID: 10162810.
    Abstract:
    This article considers legal and ethical aspects of consent, as well as the need for consent to be a communication process that informs patients about procedures. Recent examinations of the use of agents (such as nurses and allied health professionals) in securing consent are discussed. While there is a clear role for nonphysician health care workers in advocating for the patient and assuring that consent has been secured; their actual role in securing consent in the absence of a physician is less clear.
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