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The research process: informed consent. 1993

S Summers

Informed consent is a vital part of the research proposal and study. Informed consent is based on principles of autonomy ie, individuals have a right to full disclosure of information in order to make an informed decision and to assume responsibility for the consequences of their decision. Informed consent also contains a legal element whereby failure to obtain it is considered negligence and/or battery. Conducting studies when patients are medicated, ill, or very young or very old require special steps to verify that subjects are fully informed. It is important that PACU nurses pay particular attention to the informed consent process when planning and conducting research studies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007258	Informed Consent	Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.	Consent, Informed
D004282	Documentation	Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.	Documentations
D004993	Ethics, Nursing	The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of nurses themselves, their patients, and their fellow practitioners, as well as their actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families.	Nursing Ethics,Ethic, Nursing,Nursing Ethic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015399	Nursing Research	Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology.	Research, Nursing
D016528	Postanesthesia Nursing	The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients in the recovery room following surgery and/or anesthesia.	Post-Anesthesia Nursing,Post-Surgical Nursing,Recovery Room Nursing,Nursing, Post-Anesthesia,Nursing, Post-Surgical,Nursing, Postanesthesia,Nursing, Recovery Room,Nursing, Post Anesthesia,Nursing, Post Surgical,Post Anesthesia Nursing,Post Surgical Nursing
D028744	Ethics Committees, Research	Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the "Common Rule" (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.	Institutional Review Boards,Board, Institutional Review,Boards, Institutional Review,Ethics Committee, Research,IRB,IRBs,Institutional Review Board,Research Ethics Committee,Research Ethics Committees,Review Board, Institutional,Review Boards, Institutional,Committee, Research Ethics,Committees, Research Ethics
D032962	Consent Forms	Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, and alternatives, that are to be signed by an individual, or the individual's proxy, to indicate his/her understanding of the document and a willingness to undergo the treatment or to participate in the research.	Consent Documents,Informed Consent Forms,Informed Consent Documents,Consent Document,Consent Document, Informed,Consent Documents, Informed,Consent Form,Document, Informed Consent,Documents, Informed Consent,Informed Consent Document,Informed Consent Form
D033242	Minors	A person who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded.	Minor