%0 Journal Article %T On the paradoxes of informed consent: strictness with unlikely risks, tolerance with certain harm %A Petrini %A Carlo %J Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanit¨¤ %D 2013 %I Kurtis srl %R 10.4415/ANN_13_01_03 %X the different approaches of two nations to the issues surrounding informed consent by persons with no or limited capacity of understanding are compared. it is important that efforts to ensure formal compliance with consent procedures should not be allowed to distract attention from the risks of harm to individuals. %K bioethics %K human experimentation %K legislation %K organ transplantation. %U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0021-25712013000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en