Informed consent represents a crucial component in modern medical practice, ensuring that patients are fully apprised of the benefits, risks, and alternatives associated with medical procedures. This ...

A Tulsa father was recently asked to sign a consent form on behalf of his son, but he said it wasn't clear that he was agreeing to allow a medical student to do a pelvic exam on his infant son while ...

DENVERDENVER — Colorado medical providers will need to get patients’ prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new article in Autism and Adulthood presents guidelines for designing consent materials and procedures for autistic adults and people with ...

Colorado medical providers will need to get patients' prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill signed into law ...

Dr. Daniel Grossman shares his concerns with NPR's Sarah McCammon about so-called abortion reversal procedures and state laws mandating that doctors inform women about them. Idaho has become the ...

Tony Kinnett is The Daily Signal's national correspondent, and host of both the nationally-syndicated radio show and podcast "Tony Kinnett Cast," and The Daily Signal's Top News in 10. Amid a national ...

Sophia Antipolis, 28 November 2019: Most patients do not understand or recall information given to them before heart procedures. For example, many patients mistakenly believe that opening blocked ...

FILE - A lone cyclist passes by Colorado's State Capitol building, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Denver. Colorado passed a law Thursday, May 25, 2023, requiring that patients give informed consent for ...