What is the standard of care required by a physician to obtain consent from a patient for a procedure?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sadlowski v. Yeung, 2008 BCSC 456 (CanLII):
In obtaining consent of a patient for the performance of a procedure, a physician is generally required to disclose to the patient, without being questioned, the nature of the proposed treatment, its gravity, and any material, special or unusual risks involved: Hopp v. Lepp, 1980 CanLII 14 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 192.
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