Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for the protection of human participants require that informed consent information be presented in language understandable to the participant ...

Risk of hematologic malignancies following radiation treatment for well-differentiated thyroid cancer in the United States over 37 years. Impact of pretreatment variables on overall survival of ...

Turkish historians have uncovered the oldest-known example of a signed written consent form. Dating back to the 16th Century Ottoman Empire, the discovery suggests the use of these forms — in this ...

Long before the written consent form was adopted in the West, it was apparently in practice in the 16th Century Ottoman Empire, according to some Turkish historians. It wasn’t until the 1947 Nuremberg ...

Informed consent is one of the most important aspects of conducting ethical research with human participants. Respecting the autonomy of research participants, the investigator must provide complete ...

ASHEVILLE - Police have formally implemented a controversial search policy civil rights advocates say will reduce racial disparities but that a law enforcement advocacy group says could endanger ...

Potential subjects or the parents of children who are subjects are presented (either verbally or in writing) with the same information required in a written consent document, but documentation of the ...