INTRODUCTION
Perhaps the most influential ethical principle in contemporary biomedical practice is that informed consent is required for therapy and research. And yet empirical research confirms what virtually every medical professional knows from experience: patients and research participants regularly fail to understand basic facts that are disclosed to them about the events in which they are agreeing to take part. If they are required to understand these disclosures, then this would mean malpractice is widespread. But if no feasible institutional reform would ensure comprehension, then insisting on it would foreclose valuable therapy and research. This problem makes it important to determine how far consent‐givers must understand information that must be disclosed to them …
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Tom Dougherty, Informed Consent, Disclosure, and Understanding, Philosophy and Public Affairs. First published: 14 April 2020. https://doi-org.ucc.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/papa.12164.
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