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Is a Dr. obligated to give you all information regarding a surgery, it's outcome expectations and complications?
Our son just had surgery for a chest deformity that was putting pressure on his heart. After all tests his condition was considered severe. The Dr. did explain how the surgery was to be performed and said the hospital would inform me of complications and what to expect. Son had surgery with less than desireable results and complications that we were not aware could happen.
When we returned for his check up and questioned the Dr. about my sons chests appearance (looks worse than before surgery) we were told that he probably would have had better results with the "open procedure", but he felt that was too invasive.
Shouldn't he have been obligated to tell us about this other procedure before he performed the surgery? Shouldn't he have given us all information and left that choice to us?
We were self pay and paid for everything prior to surgery. Can I make this Dr. correct his mistake? If this Dr. doesn't perform the "open procedure", can he be responsible for the payment of someone who does?
Is a Dr. obligated to give you all information regarding a surgery, it's outcome expectations and complications?
Our son just had surgery for a chest deformity that was putting pressure on his heart. After all tests his condition was considered severe. The Dr. did explain how the surgery was to be performed and said the hospital would inform me of complications and what to expect. Son had surgery with less than desireable results and complications that we were not aware could happen.
When we returned for his check up and questioned the Dr. about my sons chests appearance (looks worse than before surgery) we were told that he probably would have had better results with the "open procedure", but he felt that was too invasive.
Shouldn't he have been obligated to tell us about this other procedure before he performed the surgery? Shouldn't he have given us all information and left that choice to us?
We were self pay and paid for everything prior to surgery. Can I make this Dr. correct his mistake? If this Dr. doesn't perform the "open procedure", can he be responsible for the payment of someone who does?