In line with international ethical guidelines, the group recommend that consent be obtained from research participants unless a waiver of consent has been approved by the relevant research ethics committee.
4 7 8 Both the Human Tissue Authority 9 and National Research Ethics Service 10 recommend generic consent (table 1), a view that has also been endorsed by the UK research funders 11 and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Although the ICMJE [ 6] recommends that journals should establish their own policies with local legal guidance, they also recommend that consent forms should be archived with the journal, the authors, or both.
While this article will not recommend whether specific consent, tiered consent or broad consent should be adopted throughout the African continent, what is important is that there is a consistent approach to consent.
If data repositories are created for long-term use, we recommend re-consent of pediatric participants when they reach adulthood.
In 2000, the General Medical Council, the profession's own watchdog, recommended that consent be sought before personal information is handed over to registries.
We think Mr. Koh should have recommended judicial consent when a terror suspect — particularly an American citizen — is placed on a kill list, perhaps through a special secret court.
The figure quoted by the British Orthopaedic Association BOAA) on its recommended standardised consent form for total hip arthroplasty is a 2.5%% risk of DVT and <1 % for PE [4].
The report also recommends advanced consent, such as that for people with onsetting Alzheimer's, be available.
Because policy has recommended specific consent to HIV testing after pretest counseling and due to continued stigma surrounding HIV, it is likely that the "reasonable patient" standard would require more information about HIV testing than is currently contemplated under the CDC's recommendations.
