PRESUMED CONSENT
\pɹɪzjˈuːmd kənsˈɛnt], \pɹɪzjˈuːmd kənsˈɛnt], \p_ɹ_ɪ_z_j_ˈuː_m_d k_ə_n_s_ˈɛ_n_t]\
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An institutional policy of granting authority to health personnel to perform procedures on patients or to remove organs from cadavers for transplantation unless an objection is registered by family members or by the patient prior to death. This also includes emergency care of minors without prior parental consent.
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