See Also: informed(dictionary)
ill-informed(dictionary)
informed(dictionary)
well-informed(dictionary)
informed consent(medicine)
Informed Consent(health)
Informed Consent(law)

informed (iou)



informed adjective. LME.
[from INFORM verb + -ED1.]
Knowing or acquainted with the facts; educated, knowledgeable. Now freq. in well-informed, ill-informed.
informed consent permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, esp. that given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
Daily Express Lights..to keep the driver informed when anything goes wrong with the lubrication. W. K. Hancock Informed opinion was ready to welcome the report. M. Seymour-Smith It is essential to view his beliefs from an anthropologically informed point of view. R. C. A. White In such cases the consent is illusory because it is not informed.
informedly adverb M17.
informedness noun M20.