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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 ...

Biju Krishnan explains why cultural sensitivity is essential to fulfil legal and ethical obligations in dental consent.

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 ...

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 ...

The Orissa high court has ordered authorities to revise the APAAR ID consent form. The court observed the current format ...

Court said that while all opposite parties maintained that the scheme was voluntary, the language of the consent form suggested otherwise ...

Under Colorado law, students under the age of 18 who receive medical treatment at Wardenburg Health Center must first have a parent or guardian sign the Parental/Guardian Consent for Treatment of a ...

As students head back to school, Gov. Bill Lee says changes may be needed as a new law he signed this year requires nurses get parents' consent before offering students bandages or ice packs, and ...

Discover the pros and cons of customer loan consent in brokerage accounts, plus how it impacts margin trading and dividends, to make informed financial choices.

Informed consent is one of the primary requirements of research involving human participants. It is important to remember that informed consent is an ongoing process, not a document or single event.