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BELIN v. DINGLE

No. 462, Sept. Term, 1998.

732 A.2d 301 (1999)

127 Md. App. 68

Deborah M. BELIN v. Lenox DINGLE, Jr., et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie L. Gladstone, Baltimore, for appellant.

Catherine W. Steiner (Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee, Dingle.

Thomas V. Monahan, Jr. (Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Gray, LLP, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee, Mercy Medical.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and DAVIS and HARRELL, JJ.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

According to the Judicial Council of the American Medical Association,

To have another physician operate on one's patient without the patient's knowledge and consent is a deceit. The patient is entitled to choose his own physician and should be permitted to acquiesce in or refuse to accept the substitution. The surgeon's obligation to the patient requires him to perform the surgical operation: (1) within the scope of authority granted...

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