SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|medical science
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- Definition a medical procedure that involves directly treating an organ or tissue in the body. The treatment can involve cutting into the body's tissues in a sterile procedure and it can involve inserting a sterile catheter (soft plastic tube of small size) into a blood vessel to deliver medication to a specific organ of the body Reference "Based on: D J Mazur, D H Hickam. Patients’ Preferences for Risk Disclosure and Role in Decision Making for Invasive Medical Procedures. J Gen Intern Med. 1997 February; 12(2): 114–117 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1497069 [16.9.2008]"