informed consent

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   consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved

   Broaderconsent

Questions about informed consent

What does informed consent mean?

informed consent means "consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved".

Is informed consent a common word?

informed consent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.