Informed Consent and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Informed consent - the process of communication between a patient or research subject and a physician or researcher that results in the explicit agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention - is an ethical concept based on the principle that all patients and research subjects should understand and agree to the potential consequences of the clinical care they receive. Regulations that govern the attainment of informed consent for treatment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309317274
• ISBN13: 9780309317276
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"