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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Informed Consent
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Informed Consent
Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Informed Consent
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Informed Consent

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Informed Consent  

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Definition

  • Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.

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