Deborah Smith is the leading scorer in the WNBA.She was involved in an automobile accident and brought to your hospital through your emergency department.She is groggy from the accident but conscious. She has suffered severe damage to her left shoulder which will require immediate surgery.If surgery is not done immediately, she will lose full range of motion in her shoulder.However, if surgery is done it is possible that she will still be left with a reduced range of motion in her shoulder.You are an administrator in the hospital.The orthopedic surgeons consult you because this is a "high profile" case.They ask you how much information Deborah must be given in order for her consent to surgery to be valid and if there are any other matters with which they should be concerned.

1. What do you advise them?
2. After Deborah recovers from surgery and leaves the hospital she shows up at the records office demanding her medical records claiming that they are her sole property. The records office contacts you and requests instruction.What do you tell them?