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Review
. 1998 Sep;8(4):487-90; discussion 490-1.

[Patient information and medical responsibility]

[Article in French]
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  • PMID: 9834509
Review

[Patient information and medical responsibility]

[Article in French]
Y Chartier. Prog Urol. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

The duty of every physician to inform his patient, the failure of which can engage his responsibility, can be essentially considered from the following four angles: a duty to inform: why? a duty to inform: what duty? a duty to inform: how? a duty to inform: for whom?

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