informed consent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of informed consent
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Cancer centers have rigorous informed consent protocols before treatment, reflecting ethical standards that were only emerging in the early transplant days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Moderna resisted, but agreed to provide test subjects with enhanced disclosures on its informed consent form, to which the FDA assented.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
It goes through an ethics committee and people give informed consent, which they can withdraw at any time.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
That included informed consent, as well as questioning the ethics of prescribing “nothing.”
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
And it would be decades before anyone thought to ask whether informed consent should apply in cases like Henrietta’s, where scientists conduct research on tissues no longer attached to a person’s body.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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