informed consent
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 462 U.S. 416 - City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 1983Most cited · 942 citing opinions
the giving of information to the patient as to just what would be done and as to its consequences."
428 U.S., at 67 n. 8, 96 S.Ct., at 2840 n. 8.
How often courts cite the case defining “informed consent”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “informed consent” — 931 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.