voluntary consent

collocation in English

meaningsofvoluntaryandconsent

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voluntary
adjective
uk
/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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consent
noun
uk
/kənˈsent/us
/kənˈsent/
permission ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandconsentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They suggest that researchers obtain free andvoluntaryconsentfrom subjects after the subjects are provided with all necessary information and explanations.
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It was hoped that through these measures and incentives the state would gainvoluntaryconsentfrom civil society.
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Oral consent was obtained from elderly patients, while filled and returned questionnaires from nurses were considered as avoluntaryconsentto participate in this study.
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Certainly these results do not generalize to a home intervention program that is mandated without the free andvoluntaryconsentof the parent.
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The central question in the latter case is the extent to which thevoluntaryconsentof fully competent moral agents can evacuate wrongs done to them.
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Yet, his disagreement with the social contract notion is clearly not about the idea that legitimacy in social affairs derives from thevoluntaryconsentof the individuals involved.
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Thevoluntaryconsentpart of the driving licence is almost unknown to most people.
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The impact of thevoluntaryconsentis likely to be considerable.
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We have relied onvoluntaryconsentand co-operation.
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It is very reassuring that such a great deal here has been achieved not by legislation but byvoluntaryconsentand agreement.
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Noise abatement could be agreed byvoluntaryconsent.
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The basic ingredient is one of valid andvoluntaryconsent—their choice by right—with an absolute right to refuse, whether because the suggested partner or the timing is wrong for them.
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He has not got those leases, and it is out of his power to comply with this demand, except with thevoluntaryconsentof those in whose possession they are.
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Voluntaryconsent, as we understand the term today, was not possible to give or to withhold, they write.
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If the two races are to meet upon terms of social equality, it must be the result ofvoluntaryconsentof the individuals.
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Voluntaryconsentfor such an arrangement is permitted only if initiated by the patient.
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Experiments on humans have been put under some controls, namely informed andvoluntaryconsent.
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Voluntaryconsentis the control of involvement in the research lying firmly with the participant who needs complete knowledge of the research and its goals to exercise this control properly.
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One such exception isvoluntaryconsent.
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