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  • 1Nursing Research Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.

AORN Journal
|April 1, 1993
PubMed
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Informed surgical consent is crucial. Perioperative nurses must respect patient autonomy and understand advance directives for safe surgical care.

Keywords:
Death and Euthanasia

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