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BMJ 1999; 319 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7208.468b (Published 21 August 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;319:468
Doctors' union urges its members to heed patients' wishes: Doctors must respect the wishes of competent adult patients, however illogical or unusual they may seem, according to a new booklet, Consent to Treatment, published by the Medical Defence Union in London.
Table dancer receives surgery for human bite: A Bavarian table dancer received emergency surgery for necrotising fasciitis …
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