Obtaining Signature On Widely Worded Consent Form Amounts To Signing On Dotted Lines: DSCDRC Explains "Informed Consent"

The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that merely writing 'informed consent' on the top of the form does not make it an informed consent and obtaining signature of a patient on such a form containing widely worded clauses amounts to obtaining signature on dotted lines. Justice O P Gupta observed that 'Informed Consent' means that the patient has been explained...