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
They claim it is unethical and that children cannot give fully informed consent to a treatment which might affect their future fertility.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
That included informed consent, as well as questioning the ethics of prescribing “nothing.”
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
“We are restoring the balance of informed consent to parents whose newborns face little risk of contracting hepatitis B,” the CDC’s acting director, Jim O’Neill, said in a statement.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Just as there is no law requiring informed consent for storing tissues for research, there is no clear requirement for telling donors when their tissues might result in profits.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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