You are obtaining informed consent for a 16-year-old woman who is married and expecting her first child. She is scheduled for a cesarean section. She is still living with her parents and is on her parents' health insurance. When obtaining informed consent for the cesarean section, who is legally responsible for signing the operative permit?
A) Her parents
B) Her husband
C) The patient
D) The obstetrician
Ans: C
Feedback: An emancipated minor (married or independently earning his or her own living) may sign his or her own consent form. In this case, the patient is the only person who can provide consent unless she would be neurologically incapacitated or incompetent, in which case her husband would need to provide consent.
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