Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Jun 2007
Review[Patient autonomy and informed consent in clinical practice].
Patient autonomy and informed consent is increasingly emphasized in clinical practice, professional ethics and health care legislation. ⋯ The increased emphasis on patient autonomy and informed consent places high demands on health care personnel's moral considerations, ability to communicate, and understanding of roles and responsibilities. Assessment of competence to consent will probably become an important challenge to Norwegian health care personnel in the near future.
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · May 2007
[Organization of Norwegian out-of-hours primary health care services].
The organization of out-of-hours primary health care services in Norway is currently changing from municipal-based to larger inter-municipal co-operations with regular employees and improved competence. The Norwegian Medical Association and others have encouraged the establishment of larger out-of-hours primary health care units that include all municipalities and regular GPs and serve the entire population. More data are needed to study the situation for out-of-hours services in Norway. ⋯ We observed distinct variations in the organization of the out-of-hours emergency primary health services in Norway. Some of these differences are due to differences in population density and geographical factors.