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• Decision making and consent
  This guidance outlines the importance of shared decision making and informed consent in medical practice.
• The professional standards
  The professional standards provide a framework for ethical decision making in a wide range of situations. You must use your professional judgement to apply the standards to your day-to-day practice.

• Consent to research summary
  Understand how the principles of our guidance on consent apply to research.
• Embedding appropriate consent
  A good practice case study about a process to monitor training required for taking appropriate consent
• Patient and public attitudes towards consent and decision making
  Patient and public attitudes towards consent and decision making
• Doctors' attitudes to consent and shared decision making
  What doctors think about consent and shared decision making
• Review of our Consent guidance
  Information about the consultation and review of the GMC's Consent guidance
• About our Decision making and consent guidance
  Explore the importance of consent in medical practice and understand the ethical and legal principles governing decision making.
• The seven principles of decision making and consent
  Understand the seven principles of decision making and consent guidance in a one page summary.
• Consent to research
  Learn about the ethical considerations and guidelines for obtaining consent in medical research. Part of our Consent to research guidance.
• Mental capacity
  Helpful information, related guidance paragraphs and a range of useful resources to help you assess capacity and ability to consent.