Editorial: Can Surgeons Delegate Informed Consent? As Goes Pennsylvania, So Goes the Nation (or Not).

Clin Orthop Relat Res

S. S. Leopold, Editor-In-Chief, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, Philadelphia, PA, USA A. M. Calabro, Associate Editor, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Published: August 2018

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