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What Is Informed Consent?

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What Is Informed Consent?
A doctor speaks with patient at the Broward Community & Family Health Center in Pompano Beach, Fla., on April 20, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary appeared on Face the Nation this weekend, interviewed by an incredulous Margaret Brennan. She made it clear throughout, with visually skeptical mouth and eye movements, that she found Dr. Makary’s view dissembling, dangerous, and without merit.
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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