CMAJ, November 22, 2011, 183(17) 2019 Why did this article include testimonials that had no credibility apart from being against ECT? Does CMAJ include the opinion of ideologues when discussing other medical devices or treatments? ECT is a life-saving and highly effective procedure for which there are clear guidelines. The Canadian Psychiatric Association stands by its stated position that “ECT...

In Vasterbotten County in northern Sweden a start-up biotech company has recently gained all commercial rights to one of the worlds largest population based research biobanks. The biobank and the company have publicly emphasized that all donors have given their informed consent to participate, but within the academy it has become debated whether people have been adequately informed. Based on an...

VARIATION IN HOW INFORMED CONSENT comprehension tests have been developed may be largely due to the absence of a standardized construct definition. Developing a construct definition would provide a standardized framework for determining how an instrument should be constructed, implemented, interpreted, and applied. Therefore, we utilized the Delphi consensus approach with an international exper...

(2) The following: (i) The research presents a reasonable opportunity to further the understanding, prevention, or alleviation of a serious problem affecting the health or welfare of pregnant women, fetuses or neonates; (ii) The research will be conducted in accord with sound ethical principles; and (iii) Informed consent will be obtained in accord with the informed consent provisions of subpar...

BACKGROUND Obtaining patient informed consent for a regional analgesia block on the day of surgery can result in surgical case delays. We hypothesized that implementing a preoperative electronic surgical order, undertaking patient education, and obtaining informed consent for a regional block in our preoperative assessment clinic prior to the day of surgery would reduce surgical case delays att...

OBJECTIVE To assess selection criteria for temporal lobectomy and to evaluate the process for pre-surgical evaluation, informed consent, and the definition of success. METHODS We constructed an electronic survey instrument composed of 26 questions and sent it to epileptologists and neurosurgeons at 105 US epilepsy centers. RESULTS While variation with the number of drug failures that signif...