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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.