Informed consent represents a crucial component in modern medical practice, ensuring that patients are fully apprised of the benefits, risks, and alternatives associated with medical procedures. This ...

Alexandra Fountaine, a medical student at Ohio University, poses for a picture in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on May 11. Fountaine testified before a committee earlier this month ...

A Tulsa father was recently asked to sign a consent form on behalf of his son, but he said it wasn't clear that he was agreeing to allow a medical student to do a pelvic exam on his infant son while ...

Lawmakers want to require informed patient consent for some medical procedures. A bill moving through the legislature would bring Indiana in line with federal recommendations.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - West Virginia State Senator Laura Wakim Chapman has introduced Senate Bill 595, legislation requiring both parents to agree before any non-emergency and non-life-threatening ...

Two in five women are subject to intrusive interventions performed without their consent during childbirth, a new survey from charity the Birth Trauma Association has found. Procedures, including ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients ...