Obtaining the informed consent of a potential human subject for participation in any research (whether an experiment, survey, interview, or demonstration) is a federally mandated safeguard for ...

When applicable, one or more of the following elements of information shall also be provided to each participant: Disclosure or non-disclosure of particular studies presented in the planned project.

Consent in the medical field is vital to ensuring a patient’s comfort and safety. Some people, however, are sounding the alarm about what they believe to be a major blind spot: the lack of informed ...

WASHINGTON — Veterans would have to provide formal, signed consent before doctors could write them prescriptions for narcotics, stimulants and anti-anxiety medicine under House legislation drawing ...

The new legislation was adopted after dozens of men were convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged by her ...