Informed Consent: I. History of Informed Consent
- Resource Type
- Topic overview
- Authors
- Beauchamp, Tom L; Faden, Ruth R
- Source
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 2004, v. 3, p1271-1277.
- Subject
- Medical ethics
Decision making
Research ethics
Human medical experimentation
Disclosure of information
Medical research
Clinical medicine
Medical law
Autonomy (Philosophy)
Patients' rights
Informed consent
- Language
- English
I. HISTORY OF INFORMED CONSENT Informed consent is not an ancient concept with a rich medical tradition. The term first appeared in 1957, and serious discussion of the concept began [...]