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01.02.2004 | Editorial
To consent or not to consent, that is (not) the (sole) question.
“And there is nothing new under the sun”. Kohelet (also known as Ecclesiastes), 1:9. Bible
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Didier Dreyfuss
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Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2004
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Nearly 40 years ago, Henry K. Beecher, a professor of research in anaesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the author of many fundamental clinical research papers, wrote: “There is a belief in certain sophisticated circles that attention to these matters (informed consent) will block progress” [
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