Informed Consent
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.

29 Nov 2009 Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...

Patterns of communication during the preanesthesia visit.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Effective communication in the preanesthesia clinic is important in patient-centered care. Although patient-physician communication has been studied by recordings in other contexts, there have been no observational studies of the ... Read more...

Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial).

6 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether collaborative requesting increases consent for organ donation from the relatives of patients declared dead by criteria for brain stem death. DESIGN: Unblinded multicentre randomised controlled trial using a sequential ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Informed Consent'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
• Communication and consent. 30 Oct 2009
• Patterns of communication during the preanesthesia visit. 30 Oct 2009
• Permanent sterilization of mentally disabled individuals: a case study. 30 Oct 2009
• Death in a gene-therapy trial. 27 Oct 2009
• [Medical information: the duty to inform lies with the physician] 27 Oct 2009
• Patient-centered care and preference-sensitive decision making. 26 Oct 2009
• Going off-label without venturing off-course: evidence and ethical off-label prescribing. 24 Oct 2009
• In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 20 Oct 2009
• Women should give informed consent before starting SSRIs. 19 Oct 2009
• [Information from foreign patients. Decision of the German Supreme Court from May 8, 2008] 19 Oct 2009
• Withdrawal of consent by sperm donors. 18 Oct 2009
• Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus? 6 Oct 2009
• Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial). 6 Oct 2009
• [Informed consent in mammography screening] 6 Oct 2009
• International Journal of Sports Medicine - ethical standards in sport and exercise science research. 4 Oct 2009
• [Therapy refractory ascites: insertion of a tunneled long-term peritoneal catheter] 30 Sep 2009
• International resuscitation research, exception from informed consent, and the European Union Directive 2001/20/EC. 29 Sep 2009
• Consent in emergency and resuscitation research. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of technology in the orthodontic practice: a day in the life. 29 Sep 2009

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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)