Federal regulations require that researchers obtain legally effective, documented, voluntary informed consent from prospective subjects (or subjects' legally authorized representatives) before ...

Institutional review boards (IRBs) are charged with safeguarding potential research subjects with limited literacy but may have an inadvertent role in promulgating unreadable consent forms. We ...

Note: Always use lay language that is appropriate to the population being asked to sign the form. Use short paragraphs, bullets and subheadings to increase readability. See the informed consent form ...

Informed consent means making sure prospective participants understand what they are agreeing to before they choose whether ...

According to federal Medicaid policy, patients with publicly funded health insurance are required to sign a special consent form, the Medicaid Title XIX Sterilization Consent Form, while patients with ...