ISSN Print 2713-0894
ISSN Online 2713-0908
Medical Ethics
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF ERMC EASTERN EUROPEAN
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Respecting patient autonomy: voluntary informed consent in modern medicine
About authors
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Elena G. Grebenshchikova
Ostrovityanova st. 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.ay@54akia
About paper
Author contribution: Research concept and design — Chuchalin AG; text writing and editing — Grebenshchikova EG
Received: 2021-02-12
Accepted: 2021-03-25
Published online: 2021-03-30
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The article discusses voluntary informed consent as a manifestation of respect for patient's autonomy, which is determined by both legal regulations and sociocultural factors. This approach is considered to be the most influential in current bioethics. The authors review the main elements of informed consent, its specifics
in clinical trials and the autonomous choice criteria.
Keywords: informed consent, autonomy, voluntariness, principles of bioethics, clinical research