Enter the 3 potential players we started with:

In order to have informed consent, there are ACTIONS that need to be taken by the ethics committee, the investigators and by the participants.

The ethics committee assesses the actions of the investigator.

The investigator needs to implement informed consent,

And the participant must take part in the process.

In considering the participant in relation to informed consent, if any of these components is absent –

that population is ?...............vulnerable.