What risks should be disclosed to participants during the informed consent process?

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What risks should be disclosed to participants during the informed consent process?

The main point is that during informed consent you disclose risks that are reasonably foreseeable to the participant, and when applicable, to others such as a partner, embryo, fetus, or nursing infant. This ensures the participant can make an informed decision based on information they could realistically encounter, not just the most severe or only a subset of risks. Disclosing all possible risks regardless of likelihood isn’t required because some risks are highly speculative. Conversely, not disclosing risks contradicts the purpose of informed consent, which is to provide enough information for a voluntary and well-considered decision. When applicable, risks to a fetus, embryo, or nursing infant should be mentioned because participation could affect them as well. In short, you share reasonably foreseeable risks and inconveniences so participants understand what might realistically happen as a result of joining the study.

The main point is that during informed consent you disclose risks that are reasonably foreseeable to the participant, and when applicable, to others such as a partner, embryo, fetus, or nursing infant. This ensures the participant can make an informed decision based on information they could realistically encounter, not just the most severe or only a subset of risks.

Disclosing all possible risks regardless of likelihood isn’t required because some risks are highly speculative. Conversely, not disclosing risks contradicts the purpose of informed consent, which is to provide enough information for a voluntary and well-considered decision. When applicable, risks to a fetus, embryo, or nursing infant should be mentioned because participation could affect them as well.

In short, you share reasonably foreseeable risks and inconveniences so participants understand what might realistically happen as a result of joining the study.

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