You are a medical officer on duty and notice that a patient about to go for surgery hasn’t signed his consent form. What would you do?

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Surgery
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Social Sciences (Ethics/Legal/Professional)

Tiffany Wong

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You are a medical officer on duty and notice that a patient about to go for surgery hasn’t signed his consent form. What would you do?

A.Ask the anesthetist
B.Obtain the consent yourself from the patient
C.Call the surgeon who is operating to obtain consent
D.Get the nurse to obtain consent
E.Get the information from the internet and give the consent