informed consent
noun
: consent to surgery by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved
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They’re widely supported by every major medical association and provided with careful, informed consent.
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June Carpenter, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
If not, the foundational principle of informed consent, designed to protect autonomy and dignity, becomes fundamentally compromised.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Yes, all residential endpoints in our network are sourced with active, informed consent.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
In practice, this often means a checkbox that parents click without reading pages of legal jargon, hardly the informed consent envisioned by lawmakers.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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June Carpenter, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
If not, the foundational principle of informed consent, designed to protect autonomy and dignity, becomes fundamentally compromised.
—Taposh Roy, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Yes, all residential endpoints in our network are sourced with active, informed consent.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
In practice, this often means a checkbox that parents click without reading pages of legal jargon, hardly the informed consent envisioned by lawmakers.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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“Informed consent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/informed%20consent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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informed consent
noun
in·formed consent
in-ˌfȯrmd- 
: consent to surgery by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved
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