If the individual indicated interest in participating, the researcher accompanied the advocate on a visit for the purposes of consent.
The inclusion criteria for patients were that the main diagnosis was one of the seven selected brain disorders; that the patient was at least 18 years old and had sufficient facility with the language of the country to understand all aspects of the study for purposes of consent; and that, finally, the patient agreed to participate and had signed the informed consent form.
It can be argued that the phenomenon of obtaining informed consent by doing whatever it takes occurs because those concerned do not logically consider medical ethics and simply do what they are told by superiors (i.e., they should always get a signature on the consent form) without real conviction about the purpose of informed consent.
Together, the data suggest that having experienced an informed consent process/procedure may change norm perception of the purpose of informed consent process from involvement in decision-making toward information disclosure.
Further, the differences between the two subgroups in ranking "help patient decide", "inform patient", and "have shared decision" statements were significant, suggesting that having experienced and informed consent process/procedure may change norm perception of the purpose of informed consent from involvement in decision-making toward information disclosure.
Those in favour have argued that the purpose of informed consent is chiefly to respect the autonomy of the patient, and that broad consent does not compromise this aim [ 4].
"The purpose of the consent decree was to prevent and prohibit Microsoft from certain exclusionary behavior that was anticompetitive in nature," Mr. Barnett said.
The purpose of informed consent is – at least in part - to acknowledge the power imbalance between the clinician and patient.
We found significant differences between norm and current practice perceptions of the purpose of informed consent.
For the purpose of informed consent only persons aged above 18 years were included.
