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informed consent

consent, usually written, given as by a patient to surgery, experimental treatment, etc. after having been informed of the potential medical risks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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