If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by ...

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

The immunization schedules adopt recent recommendations by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts teaching hospitals and medical institutions must obtain written informed consent before any sensitive and intimate examination, including breast, rectal, prostate, and pelvic ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has ...

There is a sea change in America’s framework for conducting experiments on humans. The biggest surprise is that you probably know little to nothing about it. It has to do with a provision tucked into ...

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

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.