OBJECTIVES To establish the views of research volunteers on the consent process; to explore their views on the consent process in different research scenarios; to inform debate on emerging models of consent for participation in research. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS 2,308 adult volunteers from the TwinsUK Registry (www.twinsuk.ac.uk) completed an online survey about their views on the con...

INTRODUCTION It is important to know the reasons for resubmitting research projects to the Research Ethics Committee in order to help researchers to prepare their research projects, informed consent forms and needed research documentation. OBJECTIVES To verify the reasons for resubmitting projects that were previously rejected by the Ethics Committee. METHOD This is a cross-sectional study ...

Refractive eye laser surgery involves ablation of the cornea using excimer laser to correct short or long sightedness and thus negate the need for glasses and/or contact lenses. With the doctrine of informed consent often central to claims of medical negligence in this area, we examine the attitudes, understanding and recall of patients to consent for refractive surgery and outline the relevant...

Informed consent is the heart of ethical research. For any consent to be ethically valid, it should meet certain critical criteria- disclosure and understanding of relevant information, decision making competency of the participants, voluntariness of the decision and documentation of the agreement. Meeting all these criteria to obtain ethically valid consent from laboring women while conducting...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), the most common form of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) technology, is an increasingly common way of providing life support to patients in severe cardiac or respiratory failure. In the vast majority of instances, informed consent, as it is commonly understood, cannot be obtained from either the patient or a proxy agent. The obstacles to obtaining i...

Epidural analgesia has become increasingly popular as a form of labour analgesia in Ireland. However obtaining true inform consent has always been difficult. Our study recruited 100 parturients who had undergone epidural analgesia for labour, aimed to determine the information they received prior to regional analgesia, and to ascertain their preferences regarding informed consent. Only 65 (65%)...

Patient demand and expectations for plastic surgery have significantly increased over recent decades, leading to an increasing trend in claims. This—arguably, the result of a progressive lack of communication between surgeons and patients—becomes apparent in inadequate informed consent , as previously highlighted by Patel et al. 1 Surgeons have the moral and legal obligation to adequately clari...

Background: Informed consent is an ethical practice that should be guaranteed before a child is involved in a research. The position of the child in research has also become a subject of debate with regards to ethics. Though many countries may have unique provisions for conducting research with children, it is the goal of every regulatory mechanism to guarantee the autonomy, rights and protecti...