Institutional review boards (IRBs) are charged with safeguarding potential research subjects with limited literacy but may have an inadvertent role in promulgating unreadable consent forms. We ...

I have a question regarding the safe and ethical care of patients. In my institution it is routine for the nurse to witness the anesthesia consent form prior to surgery. We have the patient read the ...

After the recent passage of Texas Senate Bill 12, which requires signed parental consent for several types of treatment ...

Tubal sterilization is one of the most effective and common methods of contraception worldwide. According to federal Medicaid policy, patients with publicly funded health insurance are required to ...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation requires every organization that collects sensitive personal data from those residing in the EU to ask for clear and specific consent before ...