Both ethicists and lawyers accept that a provider – be it researcher or clinician should provide sufficient information for reasonable person to make an informed decision about whether they wish go ahead with the proposed intervention treatment.1 They are bound do so both because have ethical responsibility preserve individual’s autonomous making, and, in many countries, law obliges them to. In...

All too often the informed consent process is viewed by members of research teams as a challenge of getting a parent or young person's signature on a form. Informed consent is, however, much more than a signed form. Rather, it is a process, often iterative, in which the parent or young person is given sufficient information about a study in order that they can make a truly informed decision abo...