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A Malpractice-Based Duty to Disclose the Risk of Stillbirth: A Response to Lens

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Abstract

In Medical Paternalism, Stillbirth, & Blindsided Mothers , Lens argues that physicians who fail to disclose the risk of stillbirth to pregnant patients should be liable under the doctrine of informed consent. In this Response, I suggest that courts might be hesitant to expand informed consent in the way Lens proposes. Instead, I offer an alternative avenue for imposing liability, via traditional theories of medical malpractice.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalIowa Law Review Online
Volume106
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2021

Bibliographical note

Nadia N. Sawicki, A Malpractice-Based Duty to Disclose the Risk of Stillbirth: A Response to Lens, 106 Iowa L. Rev. Online 69 (2021).

Keywords

  • duty to disclose
  • informed consent
  • medical malpractice
  • stillbirth

Disciplines

  • Medical Jurisprudence
  • Torts

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