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I have a situation related to: Informed consent

Any medical intervention, even minor, constitutes an infringement of bodily integrity (art. 28 CC) that must be justified by the informed consent of the patient (or by a state of necessity). The physician has a duty of pre-contractual information: he must explain to the patient, in terms…

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consent informed information # English Translation patient personality medical intervention

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