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January 06, 2023   
Health Law Weekly

Virginia Appeals Court Rejects Informed Consent Claim Based on Potential Misdiagnosis

  • January 06, 2023

A trial court erred by allowing a plaintiff to proceed on an informed consent claim that was based in part on a physician’s failure to inform the patient about alternative treatments that would have been appropriate had he reached a different diagnosis, a Virginia appeals court held December 29.

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