Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is informed birth consent? Here's why it's vital. (Getty Images) Consent in the medical field is vital to ensuring a ...

Lawmakers want to require informed patient consent for some medical procedures. A bill moving through the legislature would ...

A cornerstone of the dental practice, as with most healthcare professions, is the requirement to obtain informed consent before commencing treatment and procedures. The ADA Code of Ethics provides ...

Conversations about clinical trial diversity have finally gone mainstream, but the numbers haven’t quite caught up. Improvement may rely on homing in on one key aspect: informed consent. “Informed ...

Shelby Jennett has a neuroscience major and a philosophy minor and she is the 2023-24 Honzel Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. The ...

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have released new guidance to reiterate and provide clarity regarding hospital requirements for informed ...

Conducting a successful clinical trial depends on well-designed patient recruitment procedures and retaining the research participants until the completion of the study. The participants must receive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers conducted a literature review for informed consent with acute ischemic stroke. Decisions should ...

On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & ...

Research on rare diagnoses and the development of precision medicine depend on patients being able to share their health data in a secure and ethical manner. The research study, published in ...

Informed consent is an agreement between the investigators and the research participants. A signed informed consent form notifies potential research participants of their obligations and rights, and ...