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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Who Should Obtain Informed Consent for Anesthesia?

Historical Practice and Recent Changes

Originally published by our sister publication, Anesthesiology News

Shikha R. Patel
Student, Biological Sciences
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ronald S. Litman, DO, ML
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.

Introduction

In June 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion that may have potential