Look up: Informed Consent

1. Informed Consent
   Refers to requirements (by HIPAA, Medicare, State and Federal Laws) that healthcare providers and researchers explain the purposes, risks, benefits, confidentiality protections, and other relevant aspects of the provision of medical care, a specific procedure or participation in medical research. In...
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2. informed consent
   [n] - consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
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3. Informed consent
   A process in which the risks, benefits, and requirements of a research study are explained to people invited to take part in the study. Before entering the study a participant should sign an informed consent form, which should contain in writing the benefits, risks and basic structure of the study.
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4. Informed consent
   Agreeing to take part in a clinical trial, or have a particular treatment, with a full understanding of the benefits and drawbacks.
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5. Informed consent
   The process of obtaining voluntary participation of individuals in research based on a full understanding of the possible benefits and risks
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6. Informed consent
   agreement to undergo a medical procedure after the technique, its risks, and its possible complications have been explained
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7. Informed consent
   Informed consent: A process in which a person learns key facts about a clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits, before deciding whether or not to participate in a study. Informed consent continues throughout the trial.
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8. informed consent
   The agreement of a person (or his or her legally authorised representative) to serve as a research subject, in fullknowledge of all anticipated risks and benefits of the experiment. ... (22 May 1997) ...
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9. informed consent
   noun consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
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10. informed consent
    (from the article `health law`) Perhaps the most important development in patients` rights has been that in the United States regarding the doctrine of informed consent. Originally ...
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11. INFORMED CONSENT
    An agreement obtained voluntarily from a patient for the performance of specific medical, surgical or research procedures after the material risks and benefits of these procedures and their alternatives have been fully explained in non-technical terms.
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12. Informed consent
    An individual willingly agrees to participate in an activity after first being advised of the risks and benefits.
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13. Informed Consent
    Voluntary permission given by a patient of patient's legal representative (parent, guardian, etc) for medical, surgical or experimental treatment. The patient, patient's representative and physician will discuss the purpose and potential benefits of the procedure in addition to the risks, possible c...
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14. Informed consent
    A procedure by which people freely choose to participate in a study only after they are told about the activities they will perform.
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15. informed consent
    informed consent, in medicine, a patient's written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved. Informed consent is also required for participation in clinical ...
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16. Informed Consent
    Except in the case of an emergency, a doctor must obtain a patient's agreement (informed consent) to any course of treatment. Doctors are required to tell the patient anything that would substantially affect the patient's decision. Such information typically includes the nature and purpose of the tr...
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17. Informed Consent
    Performing or acting only after the agreement or consent of one to do certain things agreed upon and that all the facts has been disclosed. A conscious and sound minded patient must be informed all the consequence of the operation before perfoming the same by the physician. Usually the informed cons...
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18. informed consent
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in-fōrmd′ kŏn-sent′ Definitions: 1. Voluntary agreement given by a person or a patients' responsible proxy (a parent) for participation in a study, immunization program, treatment regimen, invasive procedure, etc., after being informed of the purpose, ...
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19. Informed Consent
    A process in which an individual is given important facts about a medical procedure, treatment, or clinical trial before deciding whether or not to participate. Informed consent includes information about the possible risks, benefits, and limits of the procedure, treatment, or clinical trial, as well as available alternatives.
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20. informed consent
    A process in which a person is given important facts about a medical procedure or treatment, a clinical trial, or genetic testing before deciding whether or not to participate. It also includes informing the patient when there is new information that may affect his or her decision to continue. Infor...
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21. Informed consent
    An individual willingly agrees to participate in an activity after first being advised of the risks and benefits.
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22. Informed consent
    `Informed consent` is a phrase often used in law to indicate that the consent a person gives meets certain minimum standards. As a literal matter, in the absence of fraud, it is redundant. An informed consent can be said to have been given based upon a clear appreciation and understanding of the fac...
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23. Informed Consent
    (House) |Prev = |Next = |Episode list = List of House episodes --> "`Informed Consent`" is the third episode of the third season of House and the forty-ninth episode overall. Plot: The moral dilemma of whether to assist in his suicide and abide by Powell`s wishes, or t...
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24. Informed Consent
    (website) `Informed Consent` or `IC` is a UK-based website aimed at the BDSM and Fetish scenes in the UK, located at http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/ www.informedconsent.co.uk IC was started by Tanos at the end of 97,<ref name="MFS">"Informed Consent: An interview with Tano...
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