Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 174-175 , May 2009

Medical Malpractice Matters: Informed Consent

  • Jorge A. Martinez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Inquiries to Jorge A. Martinez, MD, JD, Louisiana State University Section of Emergency Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, 2020 Gravier Street, 7th Floor, Suite D, New Orleans, LA 70112; fax: (504) 568-2127
    • ,
  • John M. Lyons III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • J. Patrick O'Leary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Florida International University

References 

  1. Union Pacific Railroad Co. v Botsford, 141 U. S. 250 (1891).
  2. Slater v Baker and Stapleton, 95 Eng. Rep. 860 (K.B. 1767).
  3. Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital, 105 N.E. 93 (N.Y. 1914).
  4. Salgo v Leland Stanford University Board of Trustees, 317 P. 2d 170 (Cal. App. 1957).
  5. Canterbury v Spence, 464 F 2d 772 (D. C. Cir. 1972), cert den. 409 U.S. 1064 (1972).
  6. Cobbs v Grant, 502 P 2d 1 (Cal. 1972).

PII: S1931-7204(08)00313-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.12.006

Journal of Surgical Education
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 174-175 , May 2009

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