In deciding what should be disclosed to a patient, some courts a. consider the expectations of a

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In deciding what should be disclosed to a patient, some courts

a. consider the expectations of a reasonable layperson.

b. use a “prudent patient” standard, which requires a doctor to disclose those risks that a reasonable person would consider material to their decision to undergo treatment or not.

c. use a professional standard that requires doctors to disclose only those risks that other reasonable doctors in the community would have disclosed.

d. all of the above.

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Tort Law

ISBN: 9780357454800

7th Edition

Authors: J. Stanley Edwards, Traci Cull

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