Consent forms that people sign before participating in research are widely considered difficult to understand and sometimes inaccurate. Lack of clarity was implicated in a high-profile legal ...

Informed consent is more than just a form; it is a process that actively involves the participant. It is an "ongoing exchange of information between the investigator and [participant]" per the OHRP.

An in-depth review of consent forms provided to volunteers for HIV/AIDS research in the United States and abroad about study procedures, risks and benefits has found that the forms were extremely long ...

Ethicists have suggested that written consent forms encourage participants in phase 1 cancer trials to expect benefit from the experimental agent and to overlook serious risks. Of 272 forms, 268 ...

The consent forms signed by patients who take part in medical studies are written in such complex language that most Americans could not understand them, a study suggests. The study looked at the ...

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 ...

I have a question regarding the safe and ethical care of patients. In my institution it is routine for the nurse to witness the anesthesia consent form prior to surgery. We have the patient read the ...

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State hospital consent forms are to be brought up to date with developments in the medical field, The Times has learned. This means they will become more elaborate, depending on the different surgical ...