OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the degree of patients' understanding of several aspects
of the informed consent process for surgery and clinical research. METHODS: We conducted …

In our research unit on the Kenyan Coast, parents sign consent for over 4000 children to be
involved in research activities every year. Children are recruited into studies ranging from …

Trust is an important theme running through the literature on the ethics of biomedical
research, but it is rarely given centre stage. In this paper, we present data gathered from a …

Informed consent is a communication process of providing the patient/parents/guardians
with relevant information regarding the treatment and the diagnosis, so that they can make …

OBJECTIVE To assess patients' satisfaction with the preoperative informed consent
procedure in obstetrics and gynecology. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between March 2001 …

Background It has been reported by some studies that the desire to be involved in decisions
concerning one's healthcare especially with regard to obtaining informed consent is related …

Background The individual informed consent model remains critical to the ethical conduct
and regulation of research involving human beings. Parental informed consent process in a …

The global spread of clinical trials activity is accompanied by a parallel growth in research
governance and human subject protection. In this paper we analyse how dominant ideas of …

Objective To determine the level of knowledge achieved by patients who have read a simple
information sheet on gastroscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, and to determine the levels of …

A qualitative study using in-depth interviews was carried out among patients and doctors
working in a private hospital in Tamil Nadu, to understand perceptions of informed consent …