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Informed consent: what is it? Who can give it? How do we improve it?

The freedom to choose is integral to our daily lives, directs our interactions with patients, and is a key component of our conduct of human-subjects research. Most of the historical errors and atrocities in human experimentation had at their core a failure of consent. In response to those events, n...

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Published in:Respiratory Care Vol. 53; no. 10; pp. 1337 - 1342
Main Author: Neff MJ
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Oct2008
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          Consent (Research)
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          Consent Classification
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      ab: The freedom to choose is integral to our daily lives, directs our interactions with patients, and is a key component of our conduct of human-subjects research. Most of the historical errors and atrocities in human experimentation had at their core a failure of consent. In response to those events, national and international law developed to direct researchers to a process of informed consent to participate in research. The application of this process, though, can be challenging. What does this process look like? does it require written documentation, and if so what type? Who can give informed consent? Though researchers worldwide would agree on the concept of informed consent, the nuts and bolts of applying this ideal can create obstacles to researchers, confusion to subjects, and increasing regulations that may or may not help achieve the goal. I will review the current regulatory guidelines, summarize the types of consent, and consider options for improving the informed-consent process.
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