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What is implied consent?

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eMediNexus    24 July 2021

In situations like arranging an appointment with a doctor, keeping the appointment, answering questions relating to the history and to submit to physical examination without objection, consent is clearly implied. A patient who enters the consultation chambers by his own free will may be considered to have given consent for a clinical diagnosis to be carried out. Consent may be inferred from the submission by a patient to orders given by a doctor during clinical diagnosis (Indian J Urol 2009 Jul;25(3):343-7). For instance, when a patient enters a cardiology clinic, his consent for chest auscultation is implied.

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