Title:

Informed Consent: How Much Does the Patient Understand?

Creator:

Pennington, A. Cleo
Metcalfe, Madeline
Bergler, Jane H.
Freis, Edward D.

Date:

April 1980

Description:

Freis was a pioneer in controlled clinical trials, and by the late 1970s and early 1980s, as such trials became standard procedures, some ethicists and other medical professionals expressed concern about how well participating patients understood the risks they agreed to take. In this article, Bergler, Pennington, Metcalfe, and Freis reported the results of a study they ran in which hypertension patients were tested for comprehension and recall of information contained in the informed consent statements.

Periodical:

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Publisher:

C.V. Mosby Company

Location:

Box: 7. Folder: 26

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hypertension, Antihypertensive Agents, Ethics, Medical, and Informed Consent

Format:

Text

Extent:

6 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Bergler, Jane H., A. Cleo Pennington, Madeline Metcalfe, and Edward D. Freis. "Informed Consent: How Much Does the Patient Understand?" Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 27, 4 (April 1980): 435-440. Article. 6 Images.. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Legacy ID:

XFBBGQ

NLM ID:

101584929X96

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X96

Story Section:

After 1980: Changing Trends in Hypertension Therapy