Informed consent - the process of communication between a patient or research subject and a physician or researcher that results in the explicit agreement to un

Substantial efforts have recently been made to reform the physician-patient relationship, particularly toward replacing the `silent world of doctor and patient'

Informed consent - as an ethical ideal and legal doctrine - has been the source of much concern to clinicians. Drawing on a diverse set of backgrounds and two d

This User’s Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase unders