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October 21, 2007

Onora O'Neill on Medical Consent

What do we mean by 'consent' in a medical context? Is it reasonable to ask for informed consent before performing medical procedures? Is consent even the most important issue? Onora O'Neill challenges some widely-held assumptions in this area in this latest interview for Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Onora O'Neill on Medical Consent