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Patients must know how their health records are used – and approve any sharing for research

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The writer is spot on

"Why does consent even need to be assumed?"

Because the government knows full well that express consent would rarely be given, so it uses the oxymoron of "assumed consent".

Newsflash: if it's assumed, it isn't consent.

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