What Should Be Considered When  Determining  Whether the Information Provided for Consent

question 11

Multiple Choice

What should be considered when  determining  whether the information provided for consent was adequate?  

• A)a subjective standard of what a person may want or need to know  
• B)what the ethics board for that institution has put into policy  
• C)a physician's standard of what she has determined the patient should know  
• D)the standard that determines the potential serious outcomes of the treatment or procedure

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