He said the BMA supported the principle of "right to know" but warned the time doctors spent away from patients to deal with the paperwork "must be minimised".

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So everybody's coming from a united front and getting the right messages out to patients so they know in a very clear, explicit manner what you want patients to do, what they - what are these recommendations for cancer prevention?

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However Professor Nadey Hakim, from Europe's largest kidney treatment centre at Hammersmith Hospital, London, believes patients have a right to know the relevant facts about the organ they could receive.

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Of course, Republicans agree, women should have direct access to a gynaecologist or obstetrician (instead of having to see a primary-care doctor first), and of course patients should have guaranteed access to emergency-room treatment and the right to know all the medical options and appeal against an insurer's decision.

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