"Informed Consent" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D007258
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.718 I01.880.604.583.427 N03.706.437.650.312 N03.706.535.489
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Informed Consent" by people in Profiles.
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Human body donation programs best practices and recommended standards: A task force report from the American Association for Anatomy. Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Jan; 18(1):8-26.
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Measuring Impact of Simulation-Based Informed Consent Training on Surgical Intern's Long-Term Confidence. J Surg Educ. 2023 06; 80(6):884-891.
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Ethical challenges in developing drugs for psychiatric disorders. Prog Neurobiol. 2017 05; 152:58-69.
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"It's Somebody Else's Milk": Unraveling the Tension in Mothers of Preterm Infants Who Provide Consent for Pasteurized Donor Human Milk. J Hum Lact. 2016 Feb; 32(1):95-102.
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The impact of health literacy in the care of surgical patients: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Surg. 2015 Jul 17; 15:86.
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Blank space. J Neurointerv Surg. 2015 Jun; 7(6):391-2.
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Critical social theory approach to disclosure of genomic incidental findings. Nurs Ethics. 2012 Nov; 19(6):819-28.
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Applying a natural language processing tool to electronic health records to assess performance on colonoscopy quality measures. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Jun; 75(6):1233-9.e14.
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Ethical issues in case study publication: "making our case(s)" ethically. J Health Care Chaplain. 2011; 17(1-2):55-74.
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Rehabilitation team disagreement: guidelines for resolution. PM R. 2009 Dec; 1(12):1091-7.