Appropriate consent for procedure

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The medical facility should have stepped in to stop the femoral arteriogram as the patient had not given appropriate consent for this procedure. The signed consent forms did not grant permission for a femoral arteriogram, and the patient believed she was consenting to a brachial arteriogram. Moreover, the patient's daughter reported her mother's post-procedure question, "Why did you let them do that to me?" This suggests that the patient was not fully aware of the procedure she underwent and had not given her approval for it.

Reference no: EM133692163

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