Informed Consent in Research
Informed consent is the cornerstone of ethical human subjects research, requiring researchers to disclose material information about a study and obtain voluntary agreement from subjects before participation. Established as the first principle of the Nuremberg Code (1947) and formalized in subsequent ethical frameworks (Declaration of Helsinki 1964, Belmont Report 1979), informed consent protects subject autonomy, enables risk-benefit assessment, and creates accountability. Effective informed consent requires far more than obtaining a signature—it demands clear communication, genuine comprehension, and authentic voluntariness.
Source record
Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects. Federal Register. · URL
- Beauchamp, T.L. & Childress, J.F. (1979). Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press. · ISBN 978-0195337792
- International Council for Harmonisation (ICH). (1996). Guideline for Good Clinical Practice E6(R2). International standard for clinical trial conduct. · URL
Curated claims
Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.
This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.
Related methods
Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.