Overview: In Canada that health-care practitioners, including dentists, have an ethical and legal duty to ensure that the informed consent of patients is obtained prior to the provision of health-care treatment. Informed consent is a legal term. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, "The patient's decision to consent to (or refuse) treatment must be informed; that is, the patient must receive information about the nature of the proposed treatment, its expected …
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…Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10: Nuernberg, October 1946-April 1949, vol. II. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O, n.d., pp. 181-182. Reprinted in: Vanderpool, Harold Y: The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects: Facing the 21st Century. Frederick, MD: University Publishing Group, 1996, pp. 431-432. Reibl v. Hughes [1980], 2 SCR 880. The Health Care Consent Act, 1996: Retrieved on 26th January 2006 from the www, website: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/96h02_e.htm