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Informed consent refers to the consent of the study subject to participate in your study. It is your duty to provide the necessary information to assure that the consent to participate is informed. You can obtain guidance on this theme from the IRB of your institution. The essential elements of informed consent are displayed in Exhibit 3.2, along with an explanation and an example for each element. These elements were taken from a document from the University of Michigan (Research Ethics and Compliance, 2018).

The social work researcher has a special challenge in obtaining consent for children or those who are mentally limited. Children are often considered not to have this competence to give informed consent, so a parent or guardian often has to sign for the consent. But what about adults who are impaired in some way. There is no clear rule for how to do this, but it is a major challenge in some situations.