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OUJI-CIV No. 14.12
INFORMED CONSENT — EXCEPTIONS TO DUTY
INFORMED CONSENT — EXCEPTIONS TO DUTY
1. A physician has no duty to disclose risks that are already known to the
patient, or which are commonly understood by the average person to be involved in the
proposed treatment or operation.
2. A physician has no duty of disclosu re when [he/she] relies upon facts
which would demonstrate that full disclosure would be detrimental to a patient's total
care and best interest, or where such disclo sure would alarm an emotionally upset or
apprehensive patient so that the patient would not be able to weigh rationally the risks of
refusing to undergo the recommended treatment or operation.
3. A physician has no duty to inform a patient of the risks of a medical
procedure when an emergency exists and the patient is unconscious or otherwise
incapable of determining for [himself/herself] whether treatment should be administered.
OUJI 3d (Rev. 2009) Chapter 14
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