informed decision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinformedanddecision
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informed
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfɔːmd/us/ɪnˈfɔːrmd/
having a lot of knowledge or information ...
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decision
noun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofinformedanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinformed decision
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And they could have made aninformeddecisionabout whether to have another child.
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Aninformeddecisionabout invasive testing must be made.
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This may mean the patient needs further information in order to be able to make aninformeddecisionabout consent.
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The concept of a freeinformeddecisionis not, however, spelled out and is far from clear.
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Moreover, the information given to the subjects was inadequate to make aninformeddecision.
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What is of great consequence is that patients have been equipped with sufficient information to make aninformeddecisionabout their own care.
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The healthcare professional and other persons have lessons to impart before a newly disabled person can be said to be making aninformeddecision.
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This book enables parents to make aninformeddecision.
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Pre-pregnancy counselling is essential for a woman to be able to make aninformeddecisionregarding the timing of childbearing.
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This forces the referee to make a lessinformeddecision.
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An important reason to study preferences is to promoteinformeddecision-making.
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It is not always worth carrying out the investigation needed for fullyinformeddecision-making.
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After the preceding analysis of these obligations, we conclude that the physician's overriding moral obligations are to the pregnant woman's voluntary andinformeddecisionabout employment of cephalocentesis.
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These and probably further questions need to be adequately addressed by field research before aninformeddecisioncan be made on the adoption of this dead-end trapping approach.
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Attention was given to ensuring that participants understood the requirements of the study, and were able to retain the information long enough to make aninformeddecisionto take part.
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Rather, the doctor should provide the relevant risk figures on the basis of which those seeking advice will have the opportunity to arrive at a moreinformeddecision.
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And whateverinformeddecisionthe patient makes the doctor will support.
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I think if the family that's in a situation like this is making decisions for someone who can't, we need all the information we can to make aninformeddecision.
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Those affected by human trafficking have not taken a free,informeddecisionabout all this.
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