Heavy Vaginal Bleeding in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — 32yo Woman | Ethics | SMLE Q#8704
SMLE Question #8704
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
A 32-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, at 10 weeks of amenorrhea presents with heavy vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal cramping. Ultrasound confirms an incomplete abortion, and urgent surgical evacuation is recommended. She is fully conscious, oriented, and able to understand and communicate. She agrees to surgery and insists on signing the consent form herself, but her husband demands to sign in her place. Who has the legal and ethical right to sign the informed consent form in this situation?
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