Doerr Ex Rel. Doerr v. Movius’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
February 1998
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hunt v. Bradshaw · Corn v. French · Schumacher v. Murray Hospital · Dunn v. Beck · Bakewell v. Kahle
Most-quoted passages
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““The general rule on informed consent was set-forth by this Court in Negaard v. Estate of Feda, 152 Mont. 47 , 446 P.2d 436 , 25 St.Rep. 632 . The duty to disclose to assure that an informed consent is obtained was recognized and described as a matter of medical judgment. This duty to disclose was limited to those disclosures which a reasonable practitioner would make under similar circumstances. If the doctor obtained an informed consent and proceeded as a competent medical man would in a similar situation, his course of action should not be questioned. “ ‘The gist of the “informed consent” theory of liability is that a physician is under a duty under some circumstances to warn his patient of known risks of proposed treatment so that the patient will be in a position to make an intelligent decision as to whether he will submit to such treatment.’ ” (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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