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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Medical decision-making capacity in mild cognitive impairment: a 3-year longitudinal study.

2 Nov 2008 OBJECTIVE: To investigate longitudinal change in the medical decision-making capacity (MDC) of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) under different consent standards. METHODS: Eighty-eight healthy older controls and 116 patients ... Read more...

Research involving human subjects.

30 Oct 2008 This paper will discuss the history of human subjects in research and the subsequent regulations and requirements that now govern human subject research. Also presented are the requirements and definitions of the oversight bodies which govern human ... Read more...

Ethical issues for the plastic surgeon in a tumultuous health care system: dissecting the anatomy of a decision.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Society anticipates that plastic surgeons will make ethical decisions that are solely in the best interest of their patients. However, a variety of competing factors exert an influence on all decision-making processes. METHODS: Multiple ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Informed Consent'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Human oocyte research: the ethics of donation and donor protection. 10 Nov 2008
• Medical decision-making capacity in mild cognitive impairment: a 3-year longitudinal study. 2 Nov 2008
• Wrongful birth litigation and prenatal screening. 2 Nov 2008
• Children's views on their involvement in clinical research. 30 Oct 2008
• Research involving human subjects. 30 Oct 2008
• Conducting research on issues regarding human subjects research regulatory compliance: a responsibility of all clinical researchers. 30 Oct 2008
• Research ethics. When embryonic stem cell lines fail to meet consent standards. 15 Oct 2008
• Informed consent and studies of a quality improvement program. 13 Oct 2008
• Regulatory challenges for the resuscitation outcomes consortium. 5 Oct 2008
• Ethical issues for the plastic surgeon in a tumultuous health care system: dissecting the anatomy of a decision. 29 Sep 2008
• Simplifying consent for publication of case reports. 29 Sep 2008
• Editors and authors vexed and confused by consent. 29 Sep 2008
• Deceptive research. 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of disclosing financial interests on participation in medical research: a randomized vignette trial. 29 Sep 2008
• Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore. 23 Sep 2008
• Communicating about screening. 20 Sep 2008
• [Pre-randomisation in study designs: getting past the taboo] 18 Sep 2008
• [Deferred consent for inclusion of patients unable to give their consent in studies in the field of emergency medicine] 18 Sep 2008
• [Some recent ethical dilemmas in randomized controlled clinical trials] 12 Sep 2008
• Informing candidates for transplantation about donor risk factors. 9 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Informed Consent'

Definition: Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

Descriptor UI: D007258

Alternative terms: Informed Consent; Consent, Informed;

Related Mesh Headings: Treatment Refusal; Mental Competency; Disclosure;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; standards;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.473.650.718; I01.880.604.583.427; N03.706.437.650.312; N03.706.535.489;

History Note: 73(71)

Technical Notes: competency to consent: coord IM with MENTAL COMPETENCY (IM)