Thursday, December 12, 2024

Tag: The Era of Informed Consent is Over

The Era of Informed Consent is Over

by Victor Dalziel, Brownstone:

In a significant blow to patient autonomy, informed consent has been quietly revoked just 77 years after it was codified in the Nuremberg Code.

On the 21st of December 2023, as we were frantically preparing for the festive season, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final ruling to amend a provision of the 21st Century Cures Act. This allowed