Informed Consent

Edited versions of the following court cases, each with a summary, are included in Law & Bioethics, in the resources for Informed Consent.

The Right to Informed Consent

Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital, 105 N.E. 92, 1914

Standards Used to Judge Informed Consent

Canterbury v. Spence, 464 F.2d 772, 1972

Cobbs v. Grant, 8 Cal. 3d 229, 1972

Leyson v. Steuermann, 705 P.2d 37, 1985 Bernard v. Char, 903 P.2d 667, 1995

Robinson v. Bleicher, 559 N.W.2d 473, 1997

Backlund v. University of Washington, 975 P.2d 950, 1999

Catalano v. Moreland, 299 A.D.2d 881, 2002

Gouse v. Cassell, 615 A.2d 331, 1992

Rogers v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, 119 So. 2d 649, 1960

Lack of Consent and Battery Claims

Blanchard v. Kellum, 975 S.W.2d 522, 1998

Lugenbuhl v. Dowling, 701 So.2d 447, 1986

Chouinard v. Marjani, 575 A.2d 238, 1990

Perna v. Pirozzi, 457 A.2d 431, 1983

Ashcraft v. King, 278 Cal.Rptr. 900, 1991

Duncan v. Scottsdale Med. Imaging, Ltd., 70 P.3d 435, 2003

Roberson v. Provident House, 576 So. 2d 992, 1991

Consent and Emergencies

Shine v. Vagas, 429 Mass. 456, 1999

Wells v. Van Nort, 100 Ohio St. 101, 1919

What Should Be Disclosed?

Harbeson v. Parke Davis, 746 F.2d 517, 1984

Wachter v. United States, 689 F.Supp. 1420, 1988

Cunningham v. Charles Pfizer & Co., 1974

Johnson v. Kokemoor, 545 N.W.2d 495, 1996

Whiteside v. Lukson, 947 P.2d 1263, 1997

Behringer v. The Medical Center at Princeton, 592 A.2d. 1251, 1991

Hidding v. Williams, 578 So. 2d 1192, 1991

Morris v. Ferriss, 669 So.2d 1316, 1996

Truman v. Thomas, 165 Cal. Rptr. 308, 1980

Moore v. PMMG, 178 Cal. App. 3d 728, 1986

Arato v. Avedon, 858 P.2d 598, 1993

Moore v. Regents of the University of California, 271 Cal.Rptr. 146, 1991

Neade v. Portes, 237 Ill.Dec. 788, 1999

Negligent Misrepresentation

Bloskas v. Murray, 646 P.2d 907, 1982

Exceptions to Informed Consent

Henderson v. Milobsky, 595 F.2d 595, 1978

Harvey v. Strickland, 566 S.E.2d 529, 2002

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