Q: Why did my doctor have me sign a consent form? She recommended I have the test done, so what choice did I really have? A: Looked at in a very simple way, the practice of medicine is the application ...

A big difference between Parkland Memorial Hospital and the two hospitals owned by UT Southwestern Medical Center can be seen on paper, in their surgical consent forms. Parkland's form tells patients ...

Obtaining informed consent is more than getting a signature on a form. Informed consent is one of the primary ethical considerations underlying research with human subjects. ALL human subject research ...

Note: Always use lay language that is appropriate to the population being asked to sign the form. Use short paragraphs, bullets and subheadings to increase readability. See the informed consent form ...

Although informed consent for clinical treatment has become a vital part of contemporary medical practice, it means different things in different contexts (Figure 1), is variably practised and rarely ...

Achieving informed consent requires a potential contributor to be in possession of sufficient knowledge about our plans for a reasoned decision to take part in our content. The Editorial Guidelines ...

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Background: Consent forms have become too long and often do little to help people understand the risk elements of their participation in research, instead focusing on risk reduction for research ...