providing an informed consent has an important role in promotion of medical treatments and reduction of judiciary litigations in this process. today with cultural changes and wide propagation that is usually charming, the request for aesthetic surgery has an increasing trend. these problems with complexity of cosmetic surgeries lead to deeper differences of information between plastic surgeons ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate volunteers' knowledge of the information on the free informed consent form and their willingness to participate in a clinical trial. This was a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in November 2011 with subjects from a clinical trial in Americaninhas, northeast Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A convenience sample included 143 adults of bot...

BACKGROUND Photographs are commonly taken of children in medical and research contexts. With the increased availability of photographs through the internet, it is increasingly important to consider their potential for negative consequences and the nature of any consent obtained. In this research we explore the issues around photography in low-resource settings, in particular concentrating on th...

procedures, but between procedures in which more, and procedures in which less, is at stake. In this regard, external-beam radiotherapy does not differ relevantly from technically more invasive procedures such as brachytherapy. The authors reject the argument that implicit consent has been obtained simply because a “patient attends for consultation and follows through on all of the multiple ste...

PURPOSE To assess the consent process for elective primary total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) in our hospital. METHODS Consent processes of 47 THR and 53 TKR patients performed by 11 surgeons were reviewed. Complications that were documented were recorded, as was the grade of surgeon (consultant or specialist trainee) performing consent, and the location at which thi...

This article addresses the unresolved conundrum of the legal status of consent forms used in research involving tissue samples or personal data. It identifies which rights participants might have by virtue of any consent form they have signed and which legal remedies might be available to them should the research depart from the terms of the original consent. The paper demonstrates that, althou...

In the nuclear medicine setting, the task of obtaining informed consent for procedures that require it is frequently left to the nuclear medicine technologist. Unfortunately, a patient's signature on a consent form does not mean the patient has given informed consent, or what legal scholars call valid consent. On completion of this scholarly bioethics article, the reader will understand the tro...

BACKGROUND Investigators have to obtain informed consent before enrolling participants in clinical trials. We wanted to measure the quality of understanding among participants in clinical trials of cancer therapies, to identify correlates of increased understanding, and to assess providers' beliefs about clinical research. We also sought evidence of therapeutic misconceptions in participants an...

Ethical clearance and consent: This study was ethically approved by the Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University Institutional Review Board after meeting the required ethical standards. Every prospective participant was explained the purpose of the research and was requested to participate freely. A consent form containing details of the study regarding main purpose, role of participants, and bene...

Recent advances in environmental health research have greatly improved our ability to measure and quantify how individuals are exposed. These advances, however, bring bioethical uncertainties and potential risks that individuals should be aware of before consenting to participate. This study assessed how well participants from two environmental health studies comprehended consent form material....