When it comes to teen minors (ages 13 through 17), the areas of consent, dissent and assent become remarkably gray, especially when it comes to undergoing any type of medical or surgical intervention.

All your medical consent forms should include the following information. A formal statement of the patient’s diagnosis: You don’t need to include medical billing codes alongside your diagnoses.

Consent forms also help protect researchers and their institutions from lawsuits. The Johns Hopkins study reviewed the template forms of 114 campuses - nearly all the country's accredited medical ...

Parents who are asked to sign consent forms allowing researchers to enroll their children in medical studies often have a poor idea of what they are agreeing to. But when the forms are redesigned ...

A new bill being pushed by Virginia Democrats would allow minors access to medical procedures without requiring parental consent, which one medical professional calls "a slippery slope that can ...