title: Module two: informed consent.
abstract: The objective of this module is to familiarise you with the concept of informed consent, its ethical basis, its elements, and typical problems that are encountered even by the most well intentioned researchers when trying to achieve genuine informed consent.
authors.affiliation: Oliver Schreiner School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2050, South Africa. andandap@law.wits.ac.za.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andanda
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D032882:Comprehension; D030881:Disclosure; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D038622:Internationality; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013019:South Africa