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by 12_throw_away 3 days ago
Not to comment on the overall ethical situation (dunno what constitutes informed consent for an alzheimer's patient in Brazil, presumably it involves some legal guardian), but this is a doctor reporting on an individual treatment of their patient. It is not a research study. Doctors have wide latitude in treating their own patients, they do not require board approval to do so.