Turkish historians have uncovered the oldest-known example of a signed written consent form. Dating back to the 16th Century Ottoman Empire, the discovery suggests the use of these forms — in ...

Long before the written consent form was adopted in the West, it was apparently in practice in the 16th Century Ottoman Empire, according to some Turkish historians. It wasn’t until the 1947 ...

What should a medical consent form contain? All your medical consent forms should include the following information. A formal statement of the patient’s diagnosis: You don’t need to include ...

Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety", 44% of patients who signed an informed consent form did not know the exact nature of the operation to be performed, and 60% to 70% did not ...

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The Idaho legislature has amended Idaho’s Medical Consent Act. The redlined changes are shown here.Effective July 1, 2023, the rules for medical consents in Idaho are as follows: ...

Without a consent form from the Florida Board of Medicine, providers are unable to prescribe gender-affirming treatments to transgender patients. Finch Walker Ana Goñi-Lessan Tallahassee Democrat ...

A new law in Colorado says providers must get a patient’s prior consent for medical students to perform pelvic exams while the patient is unconscious during a procedure. Proponents of the law ...