To protect the informants from harm in terms of the distressing nature of interviews, we took informed consent, assured them about anonymity, and told them that they were free to withdraw at any time or refuse to answer any specific question; we also arranged debriefing of informants after conducting interviews.
But one of the most contentious topics in the dispute over the jail — financing — was left unresolved by the consent decree, assuring that the legal fight is not over.
The declarations of consent from the participants for the video analysis are available; the consent declarations assure permission for the recording, analysis and storage of the study data.
And obviously in many cases it is desirable that consent be assured before action is taken that involves someone else.
The grand conclusion of Doc's nonlinear sleuthing, the revelation he stumbles on despite himself, is that he and his freedom-loving kinfolk (the private eye and the hippie, we finally see, are related as outcast seekers of the truth) have been boxed in by the squares, their natural foes, and will henceforth be monitored with their own consent, to assure their own ostensible safety.
Written and oral consent was assured by all the informants at each phase of the study.
41 All participants gave individual written or verbal consent, were assured of confidentiality, and were free to withdraw from the study at any stage.
All participants were informed of the purpose of the study and asked to sign a written informed consent which assured confidentiality and sought permission to audio and video tape the group discussions.
Nevertheless, ethical procedures were strictly adhered to including the provision of fully written participant information enabling informed consent and by assuring that strict participant confidentiality was maintained, for example, by allocating numeric codes to all participant contributions.
Caniano provides a useful checklist for assuring valid consent for surgery on children and adolescents and underscores the importance of making sure that patients and parents understand "the irreversibility and likelihood of unanticipated negative consequences several years later" [ 63].
