informed consent

…Court against appellee and the hospital. The complaint charged that appellee had performed the laminectomy without appellant’s informed consent, and that the laminectomy was negligently performed. The hospital was charged with negligence in the postoperative care and treatment of appellant. The case was tried to a jury. At the…

…are in fact coerced by threat of neglect proceedings[^maj-34] and are not in fact voluntary in the sense of the product of an informed consent. Mnookin I 599, 601. Studies also suggest that social workers of middle-class backgrounds, perhaps unconsciously, incline to favor continued placement in foster care with a generally…

…we necessarily assume for purposes of our decision—as did the Court of Appeals—that the searches were conducted without the informed consent of the patients. We conclude that the judgment should be reversed and the case remanded for a decision on the consent issue. III Because MUSC is a state hospital, the members of its…

…(1972) 8 Cal.3d 229 [104 Cal.Rptr. 505, 502 P.2d 1], have held that where a doctor performs treatment in the absence of an informed consent, there is an actionable battery. The obvious corollary to this principle is that a competent adult patient has the legal right to refuse medical treatment. It is clear from the legislative…