adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an educated/informed guess (= a guess based on things that you know are correct )
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Stockbrokers try to make educated guesses as to which stocks will do well.
an informed choice (= a choice based on knowledge of the facts about something )
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The patient should have enough information to make an informed choice.
informed consent (= based on full information about what will happen )
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The men took part in this study after giving informed consent.
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fully
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Ensuring that patients participating in drug trials give fully informed consent will need careful handling.
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After fully informed consent was obtained eligible patients were registered by phone at the central statistical office at the University of Vienna.
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In almost all cases testing may only be done with the fully informed consent of the person being tested.
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Local ethical committee approval was obtained, and all patients had given fully informed consent to the procedures.
more
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With growing success has also come a more informed understanding of the quality of life.
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As more and more concerned organisations make their voice heard, the greater is our chance for a more informed society.
■ NOUN
choice
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The view is that a consent is not valid unless the patient has enough information to make an informed choice .
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Information is vital Good information is essential if people are to make informed choices about services.
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Vocational Studies allow students to make an informed choice of career options.
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And now supermarkets throughout the country are helping the shopper to make more informed choices .
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The exam league table is supposed to help parents make well informed choices for their children.
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Whatever choices are offered to voters and however they are assessed they must be informed choices.
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Democracy ought to entail the free exercise of informed choice .
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A full examination of the application will lead to an informed choice , and optimum performance.
consent
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Written informed consent was obtained from each patient before the study.
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All subjects gave informed consent for the study, which was approved by the local ethical committee.
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Who's afraid of informed consent ?
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The study was approved by the ethics committee of our university and informed consent was obtained from all patients and healthy volunteers.
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After fully informed consent was obtained eligible patients were registered by phone at the central statistical office at the University of Vienna.
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The studies were approved by the ethics committee, and all volunteers gave written informed consent .
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Under the relevant sections it states that the patient's informed consent is required before certain designated treatments can be carried out.
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This study received approval from our local Ethical Committee and all patients provided written, informed consent .
decision
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This will help them to make better informed decisions on behalf of the company, its shareholders and employees worldwide.
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The answers should enable purchasers of health care to make an informed decision on the subject.
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The psychological advantages or disadvantages on woman and fetus must be addressed and researched so that informed decisions can still be made.
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It is designed to help each applicant to make an informed decision before applying for a particular programme of study.
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However, the constable's decision , in my judgment, must be an informed decision.
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It helps you to make informed decisions about your career choice.
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We do so to make available to ordinary people this crucial information so that they can make informed decisions about their health care.
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Commercial intelligence is essential for informed decision making.
opinion
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Everything I've said here is merely my informed opinion based on my own experience against a limited selection of foes.
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I can offer an objective view, an informed opinion .
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The Reports were published amidst a general expectation among informed opinion that the Poor Law would indeed be reformed or abolished.
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The 1914-18 War radicalized informed opinion on educational matters.
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More usually the Committee is synthesizing informed opinion on a particular proposal.
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In Britain, most people with an informed opinion would assent to it enthusiastically.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an informed public
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The report was confirmed by informed sources within the government.