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Glossary

  • Informed consent

    The process of giving permission or making choices about care. It is based on both a legal doctrine and an ethical principle of respect for an individual’s right to sufficient information to make decisions about care, treatment and involvement in research. Consent is considered informed when a person has been given all the information that a reasonable individual in similar circumstances would need to make a decision about treatment, intervention, or procedure, and when any additional questions they had were answered.