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KETCHUP v. HOWARD

No. A00A0987.

543 S.E.2d 371 (2000)

247 Ga. App. 54

KETCHUP v. HOWARD.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Dismissed January 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Linnie L. Darden III, Hinesville, for appellant.

Brannen, Searcy & Smith, David R. Smith, Savannah, for appellee.

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

The common law doctrine of informed consent provides that physicians and dentists have a duty to inform patients of the known material risks of a proposed treatment or procedure and to inform patients of available treatment alternatives. All of the states except Georgia now recognize the informed consent doctrine.1 Since this court's 1975 decision in Young v. Yarn,<...

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