Informed Consent (cont.)
IN THIS ARTICLE
- What Is Informed Consent?
- Components of Informed Consent
- Decision-Making Capacity
- Disclosure
- Documentation of Consent
- Competency
- Informed Consent, The Right to Refuse Treatment
- Clinical Trials and Research
- Children and Consent
- For More Information
- Web Links
- Synonyms and Keywords
- References
- Authors and Editors
References
1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics. Informed consent, parental permission, and assent in pediatric practice. Pediatrics. Feb 1995;95(2):314-7. [Medline].
2. Food and Drug Administration. Food and Drug Administration. Available at http://www.fda.gov/.
3. Iserson KV, Sanders AB, Mathieu D. Autonomy and informed consent. In: Ethics in Emergency Medicine. 2nd ed. Galen Press Ltd; 1995.
4. National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health. Available at http://www.nih.gov/.
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