The University IRB adheres to the regulatory requirements for research which involves a prisoner as outlined in 45 CFR 46 Subpart C. Federal regulations consider prisoners to be a vulnerable ...

The principle of respect for persons demands that participants enter the research voluntarily and with adequate information. When deceptive methodologies are used, participants are given incomplete or ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 19 (Reuters) - California failed to follow its own rules for obtaining consent from female prison inmates who were sterilized by having their fallopian tubes tied, a state ...

Smith and Mackie’s feature article addresses the worry that vaccine mandates—for example, requiring employees to get the ...

Informed consent is a fundamental component of modern healthcare and represents a patient's right to understand and agree to a medical procedure, treatment or study. True informed consent empowers ...

Additionally, the patient must be informed of feasible alternative therapies. The two legal claims are distinct, and a physician can be sued for malpractice, a type of negligence, for failing to ...

"If only the doctor had warned me of this terrible complication, I never would have agreed to his treatment." When a patient has a poor outcome, that statement is typically the basis for a malpractice ...