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'We need to explain the uncertainty of medicine': the ethics of patient consent

2000-07-06T00:00:00

This year's ethics debate centred on issues of patient consent . Dr Michael Wilks, chair of the BMA's ethics committee, said much of the onslaught against doctors over the past year stemmed from poor communication with patients, the public and the government.

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