I believe obtaining informed consent in any medical setting or research setting is very important and necessary. Doctors and hospitals are meant to help and assist patients not secretly be using these regular patients who come to them for their own research. Informed consent is important because it allows an individual to have control over their own body and their own choices. It informs them of what the research will consist of, if they will get paid, how long it will last and what are some possible effects on participating in the experiment. Some research can have very severe adverse effects on the patients participating in it, it may be the only option, but at least they are made aware of the dangers that can come and allow them to make their own decisions. Consent also protects the company’s that are running the research experiment and also controls these companies in their decision making. If a company knows they have to receive informed consent from volunteers to be in the study they will start to think about making the experiment as safe as possible, compensating the volunteers, not requiring such demanding scheduling meetups, and will have the patients best interest in mind. Also, without informed consent the patient can be under the impression that this drug will be helping them. When in reality it can be a placebo pill that is doing absolutely nothing. With informed consent, the patient will now know they are taking a new drug, that may not have any effect or have a big positive impact on them. Patients should have the right to know what is happening to their bodies, and if people are trying to exploit them for free.