Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Consent Forms

Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, and alternatives, that are to be signed by an individual, or the individual's proxy, to indicate his/her understanding of the document and a willingness to undergo the treatment or to participate in the research.

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Abstract

Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, and alternatives, that are to be signed by an individual, or the individual's proxy, to indicate his/her understanding of the document and a willingness to undergo the treatment or to participate in the research.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Consent Documents
  • Informed Consent Documents
  • Informed Consent Forms
  • Consent Document
  • Consent Document, Informed
  • Consent Documents, Informed
  • Consent Form
  • Document, Informed Consent
  • Documents, Informed Consent
  • Informed Consent Document
  • Informed Consent Form

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2003; use INFORMED CONSENT 1998-2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Informed Consent (1974-2002)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Consent Forms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D032962. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D032962
  2. Consent Forms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57191389