Capacity assessment during labour and the role of opt-out consent

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Kelsey Mumford. J Med Ethics. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;49(9):620-621.

doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-109211. Epub 2023 Jul 7.

¹ Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA kelseymumford@utexas.edu.

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Keywords: Ethics- Medical; Informed Consent; Obstetrics.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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