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hi Im dr. ha Pinto and were going to talk today about consent and this is in continuation of our medical ethics lecture series okay so what is consent consent it defined as a permission for something to happen or an agreement to do something in the context of medicine this involves a patient providing permission or in other words consent for a treatment or an investigation gaining consent is the ethical and legal duty of that doctor okay so when a doctor requests consent from a patient this can be provided either as one written consent for example in the case of a consent form for an operation oral consent for example when were asking if we can examine a patient its imperative though that we ensure that this is documented clearly in the notes and three implied consent for example if were taking our phlebotomy equipment to the patient and they lean out their arm for us to take their blood ideally this should be avoided where possible as it may be misinterpreted by the doctor we sh