part of act of permitting act of informed consenting An act of permitting that is a process part of some informed consent process. J. Neil Otte Note: This class is very general, and doesn’t only apply to consent and healthcare contexts. There may be further subclasses of consenting for which there are also required process parts, such as a process of informing a patient of the risks associated with a medical procedure or research investigation. Also, 6/28: Mathias writes: This definition is probably incorrect. I assume we don't want to affirm that only within informed consent we do find acts of consenting. informed consent process