(the author’s name) (the institutional affiliation) Informed consent is primarily regarded as a communicative process between people, namely between a researcher and research participants. The process implies a dialogue that relies upon the relevant interactions which may not always correspond to standard consent procedures. The procedures concentrate on potential respondents’ perception of the study, so there arises an issue of what they want and need to know about informed consent, which consequently influences researchers’ design of the study in terms of providing informed consent. The standard consent procedure informs potential respondents about all of its elements: from a Continue reading...
