In the Amgen GDNF court trials, the patients were ready to sign absolutely any consent form but the judge said lawyers could tear apart any consent form in a future trial - saying the patients were distressed, not really knowing what they were consenting to; that if people die or get worse from the treatment, the consent form does not hold up - they did not consent to get worse; they had little knowledge compared to the scientists... so it's the doctor who gets sued for millions under tort law.
As PWP, they don't believe we consent even when we consent.
What part of "yes" do they not understand?
I consented
No you didn't
Yes I did
But your consent is not adequate as consent
I said I consent to everything in the universe
That's what they all say. Tell it to the judge
The judge says my word is the word of a brain-damaged trembling cognitively impaired spastic. My consent is not consenty enough because you can see I don't know what i am doing.
So why do we sign consent forms?
Look you are the patient. It is none of your business.