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 ...

Imagine you go under anesthesia for a procedure and a pelvic or prostate exam is performed on you without your knowledge. A Yale University bioethicist says it happens all over the country, including ...

Across Florida, a troubling pattern has emerged in physician offices, surgical centers, and specialty clinics: providers are delegating the preparation of informed consent documentation to generative ...

I sat terrified and alone atop a gurney, awaiting the scheduled time for my cystectomy, holding a clipboard with forms to complete as the nurse rushed off to do something else. There was a box to ...

Alexandra Fountaine, a medical student at Ohio University, poses for a picture in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on May 11. Fountaine testified before a committee earlier this month ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...