Informed consent is a process that’s required for most medical procedures. However, there’s often confusion about what informed consent is, what it means, and when it’s needed. In a healthcare setting ...

There has been an increased focus over the past couple of years on patient rights, resulting in a renewed emphasis on informed consent by healthcare regulators, such as The Joint Commission. This ...

Failure to obtain informed consent can result in significant consequences Exceptions to informed consent apply only in limited circumstances Elements of valid informed consent include patient capacity ...

Informed consent is a necessary part of most medical procedures and yet people are largely unclear about its meaning and significance. It is the process whereby the detail of a medical treatment is ...

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 ...

If you have a medical practice, it’s easy to think that once you’ve described a treatment route to a patient, they fully understand why it’s appropriate for their healthcare. It’s also easy to think ...

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 ...

Over the past 50 years, the informed consent process has become increasingly regulated and standardized, while the challenges remain persistent and hard to overcome. 8 Consent forms are increasingly ...