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Informed consent doctrine

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002628

A legal and ethical principle requiring that a person be given sufficient information about a proposed medical treatment, procedure, or research study to make a voluntary and educated decision. This includes understanding the nature of the intervention, its risks, benefits, and alternatives. The patient must have the capacity to make such a decision, and consent must be freely given.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002628
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002628",
  "term": "Informed consent doctrine",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal and ethical principle requiring that a person be given sufficient information about a proposed medical treatment, procedure, or research study to make a voluntary and educated decision. This includes understanding the nature of the intervention, its risks, benefits, and alternatives. The patient must have the capacity to make such a decision, and consent must be freely given.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/informed-consent-doctrine/"
}

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