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Fine Arts librarian Andras J. Riedlmayer said the rally was "simply a reaction to events." It is meant to convey the message that "whatever the government is doing, it's doing without our consent," he said...
...Without parental consent... I am not comfortable that children will understand these risks and be able to deal with them," said Fantini, who voted against distributing condoms...
Without requiring parental consent, the proposal undermines the bonds between parents and their children, Grassi said...
...focus of the debate is "informed consent." How should consent documents be presented to protect the rights of the mentally ill? "People with schizophrenia have information-processing deficits. They often have trouble absorbing information," says Dr. Robert Liberman, head of UCLA's Clinical Research Center, who presides over all of the school's schizophrenia projects, including those under scrutiny at the VA in West Los Angeles. He contends that reforms that demand clear and more detailed risk information will create a chokehold of paperwork. Liberman argues that patients can be informed of risks in conversation, without resorting to intricate documents...
...Detailed consent forms are also the only way a prospective patient can weigh the risks of a number of controversial experimental methods common in schizophrenia studies, among them drug discontinuation, which takes severely mentally ill patients off medication to study their potential for psychotic relapse...