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A 62-year-old Aboriginal woman from a remote Kimberley community is admitted to a Broome hospital with small bowel obstruction and listed for laparotomy on tomorrow's morning list. You have been asked to obtain consent tonight. She greets you in English and answers social questions readily, but when you describe the operation she switches to Kriol and her account of what you said does not match it. Her daughter is at the bedside and offers to translate, a bilingual ward clerk from the same language group is on duty, a translated information sheet is available, and the Aboriginal Liaison Officer starts at 0800. Which one of the following should you arrange before consent is taken?
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