A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can detect surgical site ...

Dr. MedLaw explains the importance of discussing risks, benefits, and alternatives in a manner the patient fully understands ...

Two instances of embryos being transferred into the wrong patient have left people feeling "distressed and unsettled". But ...

Background: Ensuring that patients understand the information in an Informed Consent Form (ICF) is key to shared decision-making and ethical conduct of a trial. Data regarding patients’ views on the ...

A B.C. hospital employee who alleges an ex-partner of his shared a nude photo of him without his consent has been told he had no reasonable expectation of privacy for the picture he took of ...

A B.C. hospital employee who alleges an ex-partner of his shared a nude photo of him without his consent has been told he had no reasonable expectation of privacy for the picture he took of himself ...

A B.C. hospital employee who alleges an ex-partner of his shared a nude photo of him without his consent has been told he had no reasonable expectation of privacy for the picture he took of himself ...

One area undergoing significant evolution in the healthcare industry is the process of obtaining patient consent. It is a topic that is highly controversial but absolutely necessary and one that must ...

A whistleblower said the hospital - the biggest in Wales - has recently had near misses involving patients entering operating theatres "without a consent form, or with the wrong consent form". In two ...

Multiple failings led to a patient with Crohn's disease having a hysterectomy without giving informed consent, an ombudsman has found. The woman, in her early 40s, said it has left her feeling ...

PHOENIX — Two state lawmakers want to prevent doctors in Arizona from using unconscious women to help train interns in how to perform invasive pelvic exams.