Family roles in informed consent from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study

Abstract Background Based on the principle of informed consent, doctors are required to fully inform patients and respect their medical decisions. In China, however, family members usually play a special role in the patient’s informed consent, which creates a unique “doctor-family-patient” model of...

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Main Authors: Hanhui Xu, Mengci Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-023-00999-6