Which of the Following Surgical Patients Would Be Legally Authorized

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following surgical patients would be legally authorized to sign an informed surgical consent, based on medical practice acts and state law?

• A) premedicated competent adult
• B) adult in a persistent vegetative state
• C) an emancipated 16-year-old minor
• D) a foreign language speaker without an interpreter

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