The bill would require VA providers to follow the same informed‑consent protocols for psychiatric medications.

The Written Informed Consent Act would mandate that veterans receive clear and comprehensive information about ...

A patient is anxious about what his therapist truly thinks about him. Does the patient have a right to review the therapist’s ...

Why it matters: Informed consent protects participant rights and ensures ethical compliance in clinical research, building trust between patients and investigators. What’s changing: From checklists ...

In her Health Affairs Blog post last fall, Sharon Brownlee lamented how frequently patients agree to treatments that they know little about. In the United States and elsewhere, clinicians have a clear ...

Informed consent is a necessary part of most medical procedures and yet people are largely unclear about its meaning and significance. It is the process whereby the detail of a medical treatment is ...

On August 15, 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized Informed Consent: Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors (final guidance). This document finalizes, with new ...

I sat terrified and alone atop a gurney, awaiting the scheduled time for my cystectomy, holding a clipboard with forms to complete as the nurse rushed off to do something else. There was a box to ...

David Blakeney died in a nursing home. Mr. Blakeney was a 63-year-old nursing home resident with dementia who died eight months after being prescribed an antipsychotic drug to address behaviors ...

On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released final guidance on informed consent for clinical investigations (“Final Guidance”). This update follows FDA’s draft guidance, ...

The goal of the informed consent process is to ensure that the research participant is treated with respect and human dignity. This is achieved by safeguarding and advocating for the participant's ...