How to Use informed consent in a Sentence

informed consent

noun
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  • One issue with the syphilis study was the lack of informed consent.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The key will be to get drivers' clear and informed consent.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Many patients are not told of the risk of POCD during the process of informed consent.
    — Judith Graham, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • The new informed consent law does not apply to them, Wuth said.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2021
  • There is also the issue of the doctrine of informed consent.
    — Eric MacRamalla, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The researchers report the donors gave their informed consent to use their DNA in these studies.
    — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The concept of free, prior and informed consent hasn’t gained widespread traction in the U.S.
    — Brady McCombs, ajc, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Adult patients need to sign an informed consent form to access trans health care.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • All of the users in our study will have given informed consent to participate, and will be paid for their time.
    — WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For users under 13, this informed consent must come from a parent or guardian.
    — Athena Jones, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The Lacks case, along with the Tuskegee study, became part of the debate surrounding when informed consent must be obtained.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Currently, most patients are not told of the post-surgical risk of POCD during the process of informed consent.
    — Judith Graham, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The states say the laws are important for obtaining informed consent.
    — Pete Williams /, NBC News, 26 June 2018
  • Then, there's an informed consent process using a pre-recorded video so that people can review it at any time.
    — Susan Rinkunas, Marie Claire, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The group demanded informed consent for the pill and protested that the Senate did not have a single woman who took the pill testify.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 4 May 2022
  • The problem is that the inmates are not able to give informed consent for this medical procedure.
    — Nick Thieme, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
  • Further, the activists from Bhopal alleged that the process of informed consent was not followed diligently.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The act requires companies to disclose the terms of transactions and obtain users’ informed consent for charges.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 9 July 2024
  • Flight providers do, though, have to get extremely informed consent from would-be astronauts.
    — Sarah Scoles, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Residents have to sign informed consent forms to get a vaccine, forms that are often long and cumbersome.
    — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2021
  • And even those who have shared their DNA may not have given informed consent to allow their data to be used for law enforcement searches.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The key sticking point has been informed consent, the process that walks individuals through the ins and outs of donating their embryos to science.
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The work was done in most cases without their informed consent, even though UCSF and the federal government required it.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 12 Jan. 2023
  • In many cases, there was no record that the prisoners had provided informed consent.
    — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The researchers both withheld treatment for the men with syphilis and failed to accurately describe the program to obtain informed consent.
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021
  • But this informed consent shouldn’t be a barrier to actually going in and getting the shot.
    — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • If people’s way of life is to be forcibly changed in an expensive attempt to decarbonize society, at the very least it should be done with their informed consent.
    — Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The participant has to sign an informed consent form that is scanned and sent to WHO electronically.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 22 Mar. 2020
  • Erkelens has hired a lawyer and is suing Rational Vaccines in state court for negligence and lack of informed consent.
    — Amanda Schaffer, WIRED, 1 May 2018
  • The lawsuit claims violation of federal due process to refuse treatment or for informed consent, as well as state law violations of negligence, assault, battery, use of excessive force and medical malpractice.
    — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024

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