informed consent

American  

noun

1. a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.

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Etymology

Origin of informed consent

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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

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

Kennedy said the move brought the U.S. in line with other countries, while strengthening informed consent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 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

Yet when this book went to press, storing blood and tissues for research did not legally require informed consent, because the law governing such things doesn’t generally apply to tissue research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot