Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Informed Consent

Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

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Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

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1 entry terms
  • Consent, Informed

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

competency to consent: coordinate IM with MENTAL COMPETENCY (IM)

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History Note

73(71)

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Previous Indexing

  • Jurisprudence (1966-1970)
  • Physician-Patient Relations (1966-1970)

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  1. I01w.880w.604.473w.650w.718w
  2. I01w.880w.604.583w.427w
  3. N03w.706.437w.650w.312w
  4. N03w.706.535w.489w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Informed Consent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007258. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007258
  2. Informed Consent. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
  3. Informed Consent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764527