Across Florida, a troubling pattern has emerged in physician offices, surgical centers, and specialty clinics: providers are delegating the preparation of informed consent documentation to generative ...

Can prior IVF consent be treated as a blanket approval even when a person cannot give real-time consent? A recent case raises ...

Court was hearing plea of woman whose husband, an army officer, is in a vegetative state following an accident. She pled for ...

A new report reveals alarming rates of obstetric violence in South Africa, underscoring the urgent need for systemic change ...

For the first time in world history, the need for research participants to voluntarily authorize their participation in clinical trials arose was in the Nuremberg code of ethics 1. In this document, ...

Tracking patient preferences is vital to medical decision-making, but evidence suggests that the standard method for tracking ...

Failure to obtain informed consent can result in significant consequences Exceptions to informed consent apply only in limited circumstances Elements of valid informed consent include patient capacity ...

In a cross-sectional study, ChatGPT demonstrated variable effectiveness in generating informed consent forms for treatment with energy-based dermatologic devices, highlighting the need for expert ...

We are asking readers to share their tips for coping with the news. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. What a news year 2025 has been. Donald Trump returned to the White House, the wars in ...

Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

I sat terrified and alone atop a gurney, awaiting the scheduled time for my cystectomy, holding a clipboard with forms to complete as the nurse rushed off to do something else. There was a box to ...