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Which is not true regarding a properly administered informed consent?
The correct answer is B. It releases the facility and personnel from liability. Informed consent ensures participants understand procedures and risks and have the opportunity to ask questions, but it does not legally release the facility or staff from liability.
Question
Which is not true regarding a properly administered informed consent?
Options
- AIt provides an explanation of all procedures to be performed.
- BIt releases the facility and personnel from liability.
- CIt provides an opportunity for inquiries.
- DIt encourages and implies confidentiality.
How the community answered
(36 responses)- A11% (4)
- B81% (29)
- C6% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Informed consent ensures participants understand procedures and risks and have the opportunity to ask questions, but it does not legally release the facility or staff from liability.
Explaining all procedures to be performed is a required element of properly administered informed consent, making this statement true and thus not the answer.
An informed consent document is not a liability waiver; it documents that the participant was informed of procedures, risks, and their rights and voluntarily chose to participate. A separate release or waiver of liability form is required to provide legal protection to the facility and personnel, making this statement false and therefore the correct answer to what informed consent does NOT do.
Providing the participant an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers is a standard required component of informed consent, making this statement true.
Noting that personal health information will be kept confidential is an ethical obligation commonly and correctly addressed within the informed consent process, making this statement true.
Concept tested: Informed consent scope and legal limitations
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