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Informed Consent Challenges

Meaning

Informed Consent Challenges refer to the complex practical and ethical difficulties encountered in the clinical setting when attempting to ensure a patient fully and competently comprehends the risks, anticipated benefits, and available alternatives of a proposed medical intervention. This challenge is significantly amplified in precision medicine by the sheer volume of personal biometric data, complex genetic predispositions, and the potential for long-term unknowns in novel hormonal health protocols. The goal is to achieve true, non-coerced patient agreement.