This article is about consent to medical procedures.

For consent in non-medical legal contexts,

see Consent. For the House episode, see Informed Consent (House).

Example of informed consent document from the PARAMOUNT trial

Part of the common law series

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Informed consent is a process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare
intervention on a person. A health care provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy
before providing it, or a clinical researcher may ask a research participant before enrolling that
person into a clinical trial. Informed consent is collected according to guidelines from the fields
of medical ethics and research ethics.

An informed consent can be said to have been given based upon a clear appreciation and
understanding of the facts, implications, and consequences of an action. Adequate informed
consent is rooted in respecting a persons dignity.[1] To give informed consent, the individual
concerned must have adequate reasoning faculties and be in possession of all relevant facts.
Impairments to reasoning and judgment that may prevent informed consent include basic
intellectual or emotional immaturity, high levels of stress such as posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) or a severe intellectual disability, severe mental disorder, intoxication, severe sleep
deprivation, Alzheimer's disease, or being in a coma.

Some acts can take place because of a lack of informed consent. In cases where an individual is
considered unable to give informed consent, another person is generally authorized to give
consent on his behalf, e.g., parents or legal guardians of a child (though in this circumstance the
child may be required to provide informed assent) and conservators for the mentally disordered.

In cases where an individual is provided insufficient information to form a reasoned decision,

serious ethical issues arise. Such cases in a clinical trial in medical research are anticipated and
prevented by an ethics committee or Institutional Review Board.

Informed Consent Form Templates can be found on the World Health Organization Website for
practical use.[2]