Most operations are planned, which gives patients the opportunity to ask questions and deal with consent issues. Although consent forms differ depending on the institution, they should include the ...

ORLANDO — Patients who received personalized consent forms before angioplasty or stent implantation better understood the procedure, potential risks of treatment and were more engaged in the ...

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Background: Consent forms have become too long and often do little to help people understand the risk elements of their participation in research, instead focusing on risk reduction for research ...

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 ...

Obtaining informed consent is more than getting a signature on a form. Informed consent is one of the primary ethical considerations underlying research with human subjects. ALL human subject research ...