Voluntary consent as a condition to medical intervention ubder the Russian and American law

Abstract

This article is devoted to research of the international agreements, laws and regulations acts of Russia and the USA, which regulate the right of citizens to the informed voluntary consent to medical intervention. In article the attention is given to the nature and the contents of the informed voluntary consent of the patient on medical intervention, to concept and value of definition of risk of medical intervention, and also the form of reception from the patient of the informed consent to medical intervention.