Her doctors told her that to participate one of her parents would have to provide consent on her behalf.
Relatives of adult patients who were unconscious or unable to provide consent on enrollment were asked to provide written, informed consent for their relative to participate, and this consent was renewed directly with the patient on regaining consciousness.
No proxy caregivers were used to provide consent on behalf of the patients.
When necessary, caregivers provide consent on behalf of the person with dementia.
One group recommends that the patient is to provide consent on every occasion of personal medication information being retrieved and used.
Not all NH residents have a close family member/caregiver who had Power of Attorney to provide consent on their behalf.
In Zimbabwe the parental informed consent document for children participating in clinical research is modeled along western laws of ethics and requires that the parent or legally authorized representative provide consent on behalf of a minor.
