402.4b (2) Medical Negligence - Negligence (Treatment Without Informed Consent) - Insufficient Information

402.4b (2) Medical Negligence - Negligence (Treatment Without Informed Consent) - When Issue Is Whether Sufficient Information Was Given [Negligence is the failure to use reasonable care.] Reasonable care on the part of a [physician] [health care provider] in obtaining the [consent] [informed consent] to treatment of a patient consists of providing the patient [or one whose informed consent is as effective as the patient's informed consent, such as (describe)] information sufficient to give a reasonable person a general understanding of the proposed treatment or procedure, of any medically acceptable alternative treatments or procedures, and of the substantial risks and hazards inherent in the proposed treatment or procedure which are recognized by other [physicians] [health care providers] in the same or a similar community who perform similar treatments or procedures.