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informed consent

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informed consent
n.
Consent by a patient to a surgical or medical procedure or participation in a clinical study after achieving an understanding of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
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Noun1.informed consent - consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
consent - permission to do something; "he indicated his consent"


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These obligations include the need to secure the informed consent of the subjects before conducting the research.
The fixed age rule: young people, consent and research ethics by Bessant, Judith / Youth Studies Australia
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.
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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.
Open house: the ethics of studying children at home by Hood, Ernie / Environmental Health Perspectives
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