Dictionary
The Dictionary provides concise definitions of health economics terms, arranged alphabetically for quick reference. Use it to understand unfamiliar terminology or confirm the meaning of a specific term.
A
- Anaesthesia ConsentAnesthesia Consent, Anaesthetic Consent
- The specific informed consent process addressing the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the anaesthesia component of a procedure.
B
- Blood Transfusion ConsentTransfusion Consent, Blood Product Consent
- The specific informed consent process addressing the risks and alternatives of receiving a blood transfusion, obtained separately given its distinct risks.
C
- Cognitively Impaired ResearchResearch with Cognitive Impairment, Impaired Capacity Research
- Research involving participants whose cognitive capacity may limit their ability to provide fully informed consent, requiring additional ethical safeguards.
E
- Emergency Research WaiverException from Informed Consent, EFIC
- A regulatory provision permitting research without prospective consent in narrowly defined emergencies where the affected individual cannot consent and no representative is available.
I
- Informed ConsentResearch Consent, Study Participation Consent
- The process by which a potential participant is given enough information about a study to make a voluntary, informed decision to join.
- Informed Consent for ResearchResearch Participation Consent, Study Consent Process
- A voluntary, informed and ongoing agreement to participate in specified research after an understandable explanation and opportunity to decide freely.
- Institutional Review BoardIRB, Research Ethics Committee
- A formally constituted committee responsible for reviewing and approving human subjects research, ensuring risks are minimised and informed consent is adequate.
P
- Procedural Consent
- The specific informed consent process addressing a particular medical or surgical procedure's risks, benefits, and alternatives, obtained beforehand.
S
- Surgical Consent
- The specific informed consent process addressing a proposed surgical procedure's risks, benefits, and alternatives, obtained before surgery.
W
- Waiver of Consent
- A regulatory determination permitting research to proceed without standard informed consent under narrowly defined conditions, such as minimal risk studies.
- Witnessed Consent
- A consent process in which an independent third party observes and attests to a patient providing informed consent, for higher-risk procedures.