Informed consent is permission for operation or treatment or agreement by a patient to undergo an operation or medical treatment or take part in a clinical trial. The main element that should be included is that the individual actual can comprehend the knowledge and truly being informed of and having understood the risks involved.
Informed consent is very important for the patient as well as the business. The more information everyone has the better and the less likely things will go bad in the end.
Does it protect the business more than the patient? Is this a result of litigation in the US. What do other countries do?