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1Bakhtawar Ahmad (b.ahmad@ufl.edu) is a postdoctoral research scholar at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida. The patient's name and certain identifying details have been changed in this essay to protect their privacy. The author is very grateful to the patients' families that allowed for sharing of their stories. She is also very grateful to Carolina Maciel, Katharina Busl, and Daniela Pomar-Forero at the University of Florida for their valuable review of and feedback on the article. She acknowledges the Gorman family for their support of the research endeavors at the University of Florida. To access the author's disclosures, click on the Details tab of the article online.
Abstract:
A disturbing encounter causes a new doctor to question the integrity of the informed consent process in a hospital abroad.
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