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Informed Consent and Consent Forms.
By Paul Deiter, MD, LLB

Informed consent is a process of communication between patient and physician. A completed consent form does not effectively obviate the need for a documented discussion in the medical record of the risks and benefits of the proposed treatment.
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What Is Trying to Happen Here? Using Mindfulness to Enhance the Quality of Patient Encounters.
By Philip Knowles, PhD

Mindful self-awareness is a disciplined means of directing attention to the thoughts, affect, intentions, and physiologic shifts that occur moment to moment, and is a way of promoting optimal outcomes in patient encounters, such as the formation of an empathetic relationship.
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