The presence of a mental illness does not per se preclude the ability to give an informed consent to medical or surgical treatment. The general requirements are the transfer of relevant information ...

Discover what constitutes unfair claims practices, how insurers may improperly handle claims, and examples to help you recognize potential illegal activities by insurers.

The principle of respect for persons demands that participants enter the research voluntarily and with adequate information. When deceptive methodologies are used, participants are given incomplete or ...

Achieving informed consent requires a potential contributor to be in possession of sufficient knowledge about our plans for a reasoned decision to take part in our content. The Editorial Guidelines ...

Biomedical research is being transformed through the application of information technologies that allow ever greater amounts of data to be shared on an unprecedented scale. However, the methods for ...