Lawmakers want to require informed patient consent for some medical procedures. A bill moving through the legislature would ...

Usually it is advised that both the male and female partners should give consent for the procedure. The consent form should also indicate the possible failure rate of the procedure and use of ...

Note: Always use lay language that is appropriate to the population being asked to sign the form. Use short paragraphs, bullets and subheadings to increase readability. See the informed consent form ...

I have a question regarding the safe and ethical care of patients. In my institution it is routine for the nurse to witness the anesthesia consent form prior to surgery. We have the patient read the ...

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for the protection of human participants require that informed consent information be presented in language understandable to the participant ...

People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new ...