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Research ArticleBIOETHICS IN PRACTICE

Fundamentals of the Pediatric Consent Process in Louisiana

Ashley Peairs, Meredith Miceli, Michael G. White and Dominic S. Carollo
Ochsner Journal December 2018, 18 (4) 300-304; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.18.0070
Ashley Peairs
1Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Meredith Miceli
2Department of Legal Affairs and Risk Management, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Michael G. White
3Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
4The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Dominic S. Carollo
1Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
4The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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