We’ll explain informed consent, what a medical consent form should include, how to properly document patient consent, and more. Patient consent, primarily informed consent, describes the ...

But we had. Memorial’s current surgical consent form, which is typical, includes this sentence: “[T]he hospital has my permission to use [my] tissues and organs in any way that advances ...

how to communicate informed consent to patients. Yet medical forms are littered with impenetrable jargon, making it hard for lay people to understand exactly what they’re signing up for.