holding that doctor's required disclosure was "limited to those disclosures which a reasonable medical practitioner would make under the same or similar circumstances," known as the "professional standard"
How later courts described this case
- holding that doctor's required disclosure was "limited to those disclosures which a reasonable medical practitioner would make under the same or similar circumstances," known as the "professional standard"
- rehearing of previous case; negligence
- duty of physician to disclose is limited to disclosures a reasonable medical practitioner would make under the same or similar circumstances
- “Anglo-American law starts with the premise of thoroughgoing self determination.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Parker, C. J., and Price, J.,
are of the opinion the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed, and therefore dissent.