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Informed consent

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounCore term

In academic english & research, informed consent means: A participant's voluntary agreement to take part in research after being told about its purpose, procedures, risks and their right to withdraw.

In Turkish: bilgilendirilmiş onam, aydınlatılmış onam

How it is used

Required by ethics committees for research with people. Researchers obtain or seek informed consent, usually with an information sheet and a signed consent form. With children, consent comes from parents and assent from the child.

Example sentences

  1. Informed consent was obtained from all participants before data collection.

  2. Without informed consent, the interviews cannot be used in the thesis.

Common collocations

  • obtain informed consent
  • informed consent form
  • written informed consent
  • give informed consent
  • ethics approvalOfficial permission from an ethics committee or review board confirming that a study involving people or animals meets ethical standards before it begins.
  • participantA person who takes part in a study, for example by answering a questionnaire, being interviewed or completing an experiment.
  • confidentialityThe duty to keep participants' personal information private and to store and report data so that people cannot be identified.
  • academic integrityThe commitment to honesty, fairness and responsibility in study and research, including citing sources, reporting data truthfully and doing your own work.

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