GENERAL DEFINITIONS OF INFORMED CONSENT
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Legally required procedure to ensure that a patient knows about the potential risks and benefits of a treatment before it is started.
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The process by which a health care provider gives a patient information, including pros and cons, about a potential new treatment; when a person is entering a clinical trial, that person must sign a document with this information, thereby providing "informed consent."
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An agreement obtained voluntarily from a patient for the performance of specific medical, surgical or research procedures after the material risks and benefits of these procedures and their alternatives have been fully explained in non-technical terms.
Source: The Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania.
A person's voluntary agreement, based upon adequate knowledge and understanding of relevant information, to participate in research or to undergo a diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive measure. In giving informed consent, subjects may not waive or appear to waive any of their legal rights, or release or appear to release the investigator, the sponsor, the institution or agents thereof from liability for negligence.
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Disclosure of a certain amount of information to the patient about the proposed treatment and the attainment of the patient's consent, which must be competent, understanding, and voluntary.
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Written consent that is freely given after information has been received and understood.
Source: Health Canada.
When appropriate information is provided in order to enable patients to make decisions which reflect their own values. Health professionals subscribe to the values of non-directive counselling and informed consent, in order that patients can make decisions which are best for them, on the basis of full and balanced information. ...
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Person's agreement to allow something to happen, such as a medical procedure, that is based on full disclosure of the facts necessary to make an intelligent decision.
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Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon a full appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of any actions, with the individual being in possession of all of his faculties (not mentally retarded or mentally ill), and his judgment not being impaired at the time of consenting (by sleepiness, intoxication by alcohol or drugs, other health problems, etc.).
Except in the case of an emergency, a doctor must obtain a patient's agreement (informed consent) to any course of treatment. Doctors are required to tell the patient anything that would substantially affect the patient's decision. Such information typically includes the nature and purpose of the treatment, its risks and consequences and alternative courses of treatment.
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It is an agreement for a proposed medical treatment or non-treatment, or for a proposed invasive procedure. It requires physicians to disclose the benefits, risks, and alternatives to the proposed treatment, non-treatment, or procedure. It is the method by which fully informed, rational persons may be involved in choices about their health care.
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A process in which a person learns key facts about a clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits, before deciding whether or not to participate in a study. Informed consent continues throughout the trial.
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A process by which a subject voluntarily confirms his or her willingness to participate in a particular trial, after having been informed of all aspects of the trial that are relevant to the subject’s decision to participate. Informed consent is documented by means of a written, signed, and dated informed consent form. ...
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A discussion of the procedures, risks, and benefits of a clinical trial between the investigator and the patient. All patients must sign the informed consent form before participating in a trial.
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A legal document that explains a course of treatment, the risks, benefits, and possible alternatives; the process by which patients agree to treatment.
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The permission given by a person before surgery or other kinds of treatment. The patient, or a parent or guardian, must understand the potential risks and benefits of the treatment and legally agree to accept those risks.
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The process of obtaining a patient's permission for a procedure after the patient and doctor have discussed the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the procedure and the patient understands them.
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