"Informed Consent" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D007258
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.718 I01.880.604.583.427 N03.706.437.650.312 N03.706.535.489
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Informed Consent" by people in this website by year, and whether "Informed Consent" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Informed Consent" by people in Profiles.
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The ethics of buy-in before transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2025 Dec 01; 30(6):409-412.
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The Ethics of Heart Donation After the Circulatory Determination of Death: Gaps in Knowledge and Research Opportunities. Bioethics. 2025 Sep; 39(7):673-682.
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Ethical and legal considerations in normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025 Jun 01; 31(3):285-290.
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Ethics of Transition of Care of Pediatric Surgical Patients to Adult Providers. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Apr; 60(4):162228.
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Human body donation programs best practices and recommended standards: A task force report from the American Association for Anatomy. Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Jan; 18(1):8-26.
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Exception From Informed Consent-A Model for Donor Intervention Research. JAMA Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 159(9):1058-1059.
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Developing an Ethics and Policy Framework for Psychedelic Clinical Care: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 06 03; 7(6):e2414650.
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The Ethical Challenges of Whole-Eye Transplantation: Is Recipient Informed Consent Enough? Am J Bioeth. 2024 May; 24(5):74-75.
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Preparing Patients for Oral Immunotherapy (PPOINT): International Delphi consensus for procedural preparation and consent. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 Jun; 153(6):1621-1633.
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The Power of Proximity: Toward an Ethic of Accompaniment in Surgical Care. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024 Mar; 54(2):12-21.