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Nuances of Informed Consent: The Paradigm of Regional Anesthesia

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St., New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Douglas S. T. Green MD

  2. Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St., New York, NY, 10021, USA

    C. Ronald MacKenzie MD

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The authors are Co-Chairs of the Bioethics Committee of The Hospital for Special Surgery

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Green, D.S.T., MacKenzie, C.R. Nuances of Informed Consent: The Paradigm of Regional Anesthesia. HSS Jrnl 3, 115–118 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-006-9035-y

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