History
"Informed consent" is a technical term with a modern meaning. In tracing its history, some scholars have suggested tracing the history of checking for any of these practices:
- a patient agrees to a health intervention based on an understanding of it
- the patient has multiple choices and is not compelled to choose a particular one
- the consent includes giving permission
These practices are all part of what constitutes informed consent and their history is the history of informed consent. They combined to form the modern concept of informed consent rose in response to particular problems which happened in modern research. Whereas various cultures in various places practiced informed consent, the modern concept of informed consent was developed by people who drew influence from Western tradition.
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