Definition of informed consent
: consent to surgery by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved
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But in Europe, some regulators contend that Facebook has not obtained users' explicit and informed consent to track them on other sites and apps.
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Passed in 2016, the rule requires any company that collects personal data about a citizen of the European Union to get that person’s explicit and informed consent.
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In other areas of the law, Arabian authored a ruling that said doctors were not required to give patients statistical odds to obtain informed consent for a procedure.
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Farris replied that the Supreme Court has recognized that doctors must obtain a patient's informed consent about the risks and alternatives of medical procedures, including abortions.
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Facebook, through its app protocols at the time, allowed an organization to rifle through users' accounts willy-nilly and take their personal data without any real informed consent.
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The key sticking point has been informed consent, the process that walks individuals through the ins and outs of donating their embryos to science.
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That goes against the principle of informed consent for medication.
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This contract adheres to guidelines of informed consent, and both people in the relationship must be present and not in an intoxicated state before signing.
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First Known Use of informed consent
1957
INFORMED CONSENT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of informed consent for English Language Learners
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medical : a formal agreement that a patient signs to give permission for a medical procedure (such as surgery) after having been told about the risks, benefits, etc.
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medical Definition of informed consent
: consent to surgery by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved
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informed consent
legal Definition of informed consent
: consent to medical treatment by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved and especially of the risks
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