"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 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Informed Consent" by people in Profiles.
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Community consultation and public disclosure for the Randomized Trial of Sedative Choice for Intubation. Trials. 2026 Apr 10; 27(1).
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Ethical Considerations in Living Donor Liver Transplantation. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2026 06; 55(2):315-324.
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The ethical problems with informed consent: How inconsistencies undermine patient autonomy. Am J Surg. 2026 Mar; 253:116821.
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Exception from Informed Consent and Waiver of Informed Consent for Comparative Effectiveness Trials in Emergency Care Research. Ethics Hum Res. 2026 Jan-Feb; 48(1):31-41.
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The Gray Zone Between Quality Improvement and Human Subject Research. J Clin Ethics. 2026; 37(1):34-37.
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Patient notification about pragmatic clinical trials conducted with a waiver of consent: A qualitative study. Clin Trials. 2026 02; 23(1):65-74.
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Obtaining day-of-surgery written surgical consent is associated with first-case delay. J Perioper Pract. 2026 Jul-Aug; 36(7-8):413-417.
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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 09; 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.