The informed consent process is widely considered a crucial component of any research study requiring patient samples. Its chief purposes are to inform subjects of any potential risks of ...

And in 1953 the Pentagon adopted the Nuremberg Code for its defensive studies of atomic, biological and chemical warfare. They were the first and only US government agency to adopt the code word for ...

Under the right conditions, full informed consent is not ethically required for some types of health research, according to a commentary from leading bioethics experts. The position is a ...

This confusion has been exacerbated by the bioethics revolution that began in the 1970s, which championed informed consent and individual autonomy so effectively that these values now dominate all ...

Providing informed consent is a bedrock of ethical medical practice -- and a physician’s failure to provide proper informed consent is grounds for legal action. But, determining what constitutes ...

Tom Beauchamp, scholar who helped define modern bioethics, dies at 85 As a Georgetown University philosophy professor, Dr. Beauchamp in the 1970s worked to shape the guidelines for medical ...

One of the toughest jobs physicians have is getting informed consent. Since patients must be aware of the risks and rewards of any treatment, just how blunt is too blunt when you explain?

She has worked in the field of bioethics for more than thirty years. Her research and scholarly publications have focused on national and international research ethics, informed consent, and cultural ...

Student Research The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University attracts students from throughout the nation and the world to SLU. Our students complete research in diverse ...

Bumper: Bureaucracy, Trust, and Informed Consent Perhaps the best example of the formalization of trust in medicine and medical research is the use of informed consent. Informed consent is the process ...

The report was adopted by U.S. agencies and was widely considered one of the foundations for bioethics, including guidelines for informed consent and the creation of independent committees to ...