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... > social science subjects > health and social care > medical science > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > perspective of the decision maker > law and court decision making
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law and court decision making  

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  • The law presumes that medical decision making will take place in the clinical setting without judicial participation. Medical decision making is ordinarily a private matter between the physician and the patient and, in some cases, the patient's family. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Law and Court Decision Making]

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