Washington's first official state-sanctioned medical marijuana authorization form isn't sitting well with many medical marijuana patients. At issue is the inclusion of a section requiring patients ...

Patient consent, primarily informed consent, describes the process of educating a patient about a particular medical treatment. This education should occur before the patient agrees to the ...

Studies from U.S. medical schools show that it is common practice for students to perform sensitive examinations on anesthetized patients without informed consent. Patient advocates, doctors and ...

A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 … ...

Under the new law, patients would sign a consent form that explains what will happen and will include the names of any students who might take part. Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90.

To improve patient consent form comprehension, researchers have developed approaches to simplify the process by focusing on the information that patients need most when deciding whether to enroll ...

Informed consent is a necessary part of most medical procedures and yet people ... Following are some specific scenarios when someone else can sign the inform consent form on behalf of a patient.

Providers now must get patient consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on ... patients would have to sign a consent form that explains what will happen and will include the names ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...