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Patient Consent, the Anaesthetic Nurse and the Peri-operative Environment: Irish Law and Informed Consent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

Brenda Daly
Brenda Daly*
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School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland
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Correspondence to: Dr Brenda Daly, Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. Tel: 00353-1-700-8154, Fax: 00353-1-700-7374, E-mail: [email protected]
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 3 - 10
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2009

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