Terapevticheskii arkhivTerapevticheskii arkhiv0040-36602309-5342LLC Obyedinennaya Redaktsiya7152210.26442/00403660.2021.05.200797Review ArticleConsent. Modern interpretation: "Voluntary Informed Consent"ChuchalinAlexandr G.pulmomoskva@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-5528Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University150520219356406441306202113062021Copyright © 2021, Consilium Medicum2021<p>The article is devoted to voluntary informed consent. It considers the historical issues of the formation of this concept in modern health care and medical science. The article highlights a historical role of the Nuremberg Code which was taken as the basis for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the World Medical Association (WMA) Code of Ethics, the Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, i.e. documents that defined the world order after the end of World War II.</p>voluntary informed consentcode of ethicsWorld Medical Association (WMA)Declarations on Bioethics and Human Rightsдобровольное информированное согласиеэтический кодексВсемирная Ассоциация Врачей (ВМА)Декларация о биоэтике и правах человека