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· 11/6/1997

Ditto v. McCurdy

Citations

  • 947 P.2d 952
  • 86 Haw. 84
  • 1997 Haw. LEXIS 89

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that informed consent does not require doctor to “affirmatively disclose his or her [professional] qualifications or lack thereof to a patient”
  • holding that a physician does not have an affirmative duty to disclose his or her qualifications to a patient prior to providing treatment
  • holding that a physician does not have an affirmative duty to disclose his or her qualifications to a patient prior to providing treatment
  • holding that failure to disclose lack of board certification as plastic surgeon, as opposed to other board certifications possessed, did not violate requirements for informed consent or render doctor liable for fraud
  • holding that informed consent does not require doctor to \affirmatively disclose his or her [profes- sional] qualifications or lack thereof to a patient\
  • holding that failure to disclose lack of board certification as plastic surgeon, as opposed to other board certifications possessed, did not violate requirements for informed consent or render doctor liable for fraud

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Judges: Moon, Klein, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil

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