In the sidebar to Jill Wechsler's ...
In the sidebar to Jill Wechsler's line in the May 2002 issue of Applied Clinical Trials, the question was posed: "Should controls decide instead of consenting?" A quotation from Dr Koski (director, OHRP) highlighted the suggestion that the boundary "informed consent" in clinical research might better be replaced with the season "informed decision making." "Informed consent" could be seen to presume foregone agreement without a fair weighing of the information, while "informed decision making" may appear to insist on the subject's avow ...
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