A Kansas respiratory therapist convicted of stealing over half a million dollars from a nonprofit group has had her medical license indefinitely suspended. Sylvia M. Obaya, 49, of Topeka, pleaded ...

The University of North Texas Health Science Center dissected and leased out hundreds of poor people’s bodies without their ...

A Kansas respiratory therapist lost her medical license this week after admitting to taking money from a nonprofit.

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Connecticut lawmakers are weighing a bill on authorizing electric shock therapy either with or without a person’s consent.

Two basically identical bills that would raise the age, from 14 to 18, at which people can make their own medical decisions ...

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Two forms of express consent are required, 1 for each product or service. If you consent verbally, they must give you written confirmation of your consent. They must do so without delay. They may ...

Karnataka has taken a groundbreaking step by approving the 'Right to Die with Dignity' order, aligning with Supreme Court rulings to empower terminally ill patients. Explore the ethical concerns, ...

Patients also frequently seem to forget or misunderstand ... We distinguish three ways of giving consent other than explicit (verbal or written) consent: (1) implied consent; (2) opt-out consent; and ...

The hypothesis was that patients would be unable to vocalise what they considered a material risk. In advance of each interview, informed written consent was obtained from participants. This included ...

We also discussed preliminary and final results with a committee of nine Expert Patients, eight of whom had participated in the study. Each of the 21 participants provided written informed consent in ...