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Surgeons obtain informed consent from patients for the procedures they perform. Occasionally, however, the Medical Consultant will be asked to assist with assessment of a particular patient’s capacity (or lack thereof) to consent to evaluation and/or treatment.
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Mitchell, K.J. (2013). Decision-Making Capacity. In: Wong, C., Hamlin, N. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3220-3_34
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