title: Do informed consent documents matter?
abstract: This commentary argues that, despite extensive critiques of informed consent documents, there are several ethical and legal reasons for investigators and IRB members to take these documents seriously.
authors.affiliation: NIEHS/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. resnikd@niehs.nih.gov
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Resnik
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States