INFORMED CONSENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does informed consent mean? • INFORMED CONSENT (noun)
The noun INFORMED CONSENT has 1 sense:
1. consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
Familiarity information: INFORMED CONSENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INFORMED CONSENT (noun)
Meaning:
Consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("informed consent" is a kind of...):
consent (permission to do something)
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