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 ...

Informed Consent Alan Milstein says he wants to rescue us from unscrupulous doctors, undisclosed risks and greedy institutions. But is he a shining knight,or an enemy of medical progress?

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 ...

Bioethics experts argue that full informed consent is not ethically required for some health research.

Inevitably this research will raise ethical issues, such as how well some of these patients can give a fully informed consent. I take up some of these problems in my book Mind Wars.

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...