Seventy‐seven sequential patients referred to a radiation oncology clinic for treatment of
malignant neoplasms were tested for their immediate recall of information presented …

The impact on 100 patients of information and consent forms signed prior to medical
oncology clinical trials was evaluated by a survey at a subsequent visit. Only 40 patients …

We explored reasons for the failure of patients to recall major portions of the information on
consent forms and in oral explanations about consent. Within one day of signing consent …

One hundred forty-four patients and 68 physicians at three cancer centers were studied for
their perceptions of the consent procedure, in which they participated one to three weeks …

A consent to treatment form provides required information that a patient may use to give
intelligent, informed consent to proposed treatment. This study applied two standard …

Abstract DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMED CONSENT BY patients entering clinical trials is
an ethical and legal necessity. Federal regulations and judicial opinions have led to …

Informed consent is an issue of major importance for cancer patients and for the practitioners
who treat them. Recently, the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in …

In order to evaluate the quality of an informed consent procedure (ICP) 48 patients with
advanced cancer were offered participation in a phase I clinical trial and entered an ICP …

The protection of human subjects in research is a shared responsibility. The informed
consent procedure was introduced to implement protection of the subjects. The contents of …

In the 1960 case of the patient who had bilateral mastectomy for cancer of the breast and
severe burns following subsequent radiation therapy, the Kansas Supreme Court decided …