Female Patients and Informed Consent: Oman’s cultural background

Patients, agents, and informed consent.

Cultural Issues and Challenges of Informed Consent in Older Adults

Owing to the dramatic increase in an elderly population characterized by cultural diversity and changes in the aging process, performing informed consent in the elderly population can involve complex issues are a challenge for researchers. This article aims to discuss concepts and relevant information concerning informed consent in studies with cognitively intact older adults. A longitudinal st...

Informed consent and patients' rights in Japan.

preoperative informed consent: is it truly informed?

background: pre-operative informed consent is an important aspect of surgery, yet there has been no formal training regarding it in pakistan. this study was done to assess the preoperative informed consent practice. methods: after taking informed permission, a questionnaire was filled in during an interview with 350 patients, who have undergone elective surgical procedures under routine practic...

When is Informed Consent “Informed”?

Typically, a consent document in the United States is a printed form with blank spaces in which the operative procedure is filled in. The form is signed by the patient, and placed into the medical record. At first glance, it would seem that the patient was told of the operative procedure and gave his or her consent. Yet informed consent, or, more accurately, lack of informed consent, is a frequ...