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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These obligations include the need to secure the informed consent of the subjects before conducting the research. To be eligible, you must be from ages 18 to 75, have a viral load below 2000 without taking HIV medications, and give informed consent. In determining that the case should proceed to trial, the court included comments in which it scolded the research community for what it perceived to be shortcomings in the approach to conducting research involving low-income populations, particularly with regard to obtaining truly informed consent from the parents of children participating in such studies. |
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