If you have a medical practice, it’s easy to think that once you’ve described a treatment route to a patient, they fully understand why it’s appropriate for their healthcare. It’s also easy to think ...

It’s something all future doctors learn in medical school: how to communicate informed consent to patients. Yet medical forms are littered with impenetrable jargon, making it hard for lay people to ...

Usually before a heath care professional can touch a patient, a consent form must be signed. But if patients don’t understand the form, they can’t make informed choices about whether to begin or ...