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

Although this attitude wasn’t uncommon at the time, NIH guidelines stipulated that all human subject research funded by NIH—as McKusick’s was —required both informed consent and approval from a Hopkins review board.

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