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informed consent, in medicine, a patient's written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved. Informed consent is also required for participation in clinical studies. The concept of informed consent is based on the principle that a physician has a duty to disclose to a patient information that allows the patient to make a reasonable decision regarding his or her own treatment. There is debate over whether special populations, such as children and the mentally ill, can really be considered to have given informed consent. |
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``A jury is unlikely to find that the encounter was consensual, since the deputy was in uniform and carrying a gun,'' assistant county counsel Roger Granbo said in a report to supervisors. The British government has issued a travel warning to gays intending to visit Fiji, where a local man, 23, and an Australian tourist, 53, were sentenced to two years in prison in early April for having consensual sex. In addition, there is difficulty in drawing the line between sexual harassment and intimate consensual relations (Hutchens, 2003). |
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