Introduction Dyspnoea is an existentially burdensome symptom in patients with advanced and progressive diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and advanced heart failure.

A new study suggests that young men overwhelmingly support affirmative sexual consent in principle—yet often find its verbal implementation difficult in practice. The research, led by scholars at ...

A former DaVita Inc. nurse needs to send out new consent forms to opt-in plaintiffs interested in joining her proposed wage collective, a federal court ruled based on the recommendation of a ...

People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new ...

On January 10, the Supreme Court (SC), in its judgment in the State of Uttar Pradesh versus Anurudh & Anr., acknowledged the growing misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ...

Until the mid-seventies, much of the sex in the United States was regulated not by the theory of consent but by that of ...

Can you imagine running an online store without being able to contact your customers or process their payments? Most of the time, collecting this crucial data is relatively seamless through a simple ...

Canadian researchers have published new guidelines intended to make consent forms used in clinical research easier for patients to understand. The guidelines describe 75 core elements for consent ...

I sat terrified and alone atop a gurney, awaiting the scheduled time for my cystectomy, holding a clipboard with forms to complete as the nurse rushed off to do something else. There was a box to ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Senate Bill 12, known as the Parent’s Bill of Rights, is proving to be difficult for school districts to get finalized before their deadline. There are many areas of school ...

Objectives The first aim of this study was to quantify the difficulty level of clinical research Patient Information Leaflets/Informed Consent Forms (PILs/ICFs) using validated and widely used ...