Informed Consent in Medical Malpractice

Getting an operation is always a stressful process; deciding to get put under, arranging someone to pick you up, as well as dealing with a lengthy recovery that is often associated with many kinds of surgeries. This is why it is important to have a doctor who can help you make the right decisions for you.

Part of this process is called "Informed Consent." Informed consent is when your doctor tells you all of the risks associated with the procedure. Sometimes doctors will create a document with everything written out so that there will be no surprises for you, and so that they have their back covered from medical malpractice lawsuits.

Medical malpractice suits often stem from "informed consent" cases, in which the patient will consent to one procedure, but their physician will leave a vital piece of information out so that the patient’s decision is influenced in favor of a procedure they might have otherwise not agreed to. Or, the doctor may perform an entirely different procedure that the patient did not consent to.

It is important that in these types of cases you keep track of everything your doctors has said to you and to check your medical records to make sure the correct procedure was performed. Your health and safety depends on it.

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