105.07.01. Informed Consent-Duty and Definition-Professional Negligence

105.07.01 Informed Consent--Duty and Definition--Professional Negligence In providing medical [services] [care] [treatment] to [name of patient], a [insert appropriate medical professional] must obtain [name of patient]'s informed consent. When I use the expression "informed consent" I mean a consent obtained from a patient by a [insert appropriate medical professional] after the disclosure by the professional [insert appropriate medical professional] of those [risks of] [and] [or] [alternatives to] the proposed treatment which a reasonably well-qualified [insert appropriate medical professional] would disclose under the same or similar circumstances. A failure to obtain informed consent is professional negligence. [The only way in which you may decide what [risks] [and] [or] [alternatives] the [insert appropriate medical professional] should have disclosed to [name of patient] is from expert testimony presented in the trial. You must not attempt to determine this from any personal knowledge you have.]