[The process of consent in clinical trials: from elaboration to accomplishment].

Arq Bras Oftalmol

Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.

Published: June 2006

The consent form is a document recommended for international declarations, resolutions and specific laws currently used in research on health. The practice or the accomplishment of the informed consent in the exercise of the medicine and the research in human beings is pertains to the last decades and characterizes the perfectioning of biomedical ethics, constitutes a legal and ethical requirement in clinical research involving human beings. The main challenge of the consent process is to guarantee the adequate understanding of the individual, however the social, cultural and intellectual aspects as well as the relationship between physician and patient, sometimes, can affect this process. The purpose of this paper is to present important criteria in the consent process that need to be highlighted in accordance with specific tenets and resolutions, such as Resolution 196/96 of the National Council of Health.

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