Informed consent is integral to providing high-quality health care, yet it is too often treated as an obstacle — just a box ...

CDC says blanket recommendations of the past stopped a frank discussion of individual risks and benefits between patients and ...

Informed consent is a fundamental component of modern healthcare and represents a patient's right to understand and agree to a medical procedure, treatment or study. True informed consent empowers ...

The CDC has updated its immunization schedules, shifting from recommending universal Covid-19 shots to encouraging individual ...

Informed consent is more than just a form; it is a process that actively involves the participant. It is an "ongoing exchange of information between the investigator and [participant]" per the OHRP.

CDC revises COVID-19 and childhood vaccination guidelines, emphasizing "informed consent is back" and promoting shared ...

Additionally, the patient must be informed of feasible alternative therapies. The two legal claims are distinct, and a physician can be sued for malpractice, a type of negligence, for failing to ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...