19 things medical dramas tend to get wrong about the healthcare industry

17) Skiping Consent

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In medical dramas, doctors are shown sometimes to skip obtaining consent from patients before executing procedures. In reality, getting consent is a key legal and ethical dimension in health care. Popular shows ER has shown doctors and surgeons performing emergency surgeries without explicitly obtaining consent from the patient. In real real-life setting, the patient should be educated on the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to the proposed treatment and should be consenting without coercion.

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