BC>  >     True...because very few doctors are so _stupid_ as to do 
BC> surgery 
BC>  > or other procedures without getting informed consent.
BC> 
BC> Even more pragmatic than that, the mere fact that a patient willingly 
BC> allowed himself to be operated on voluntarily constitutes a form of 
BC> informed consent.
    Forget it.
    Few courts will hold anything to that effect.  "Informed consent" to 
_what_ would be one obvious question...if a surgeon saw an unrelated problem 
while inside the patient, did he have "informed consent" to try to correct 
that according to this idea?
BC> Was an interesting case many years ago of a woman who went to a 
BC> hospital to
BC> have her baby and subsequently sued (even though everything went 
BC> oaky) 
    Note your phrase: "_many_ years ago"!
    Also note that you say everything went O.K.  The case was of 
very-questionable merit anyhow due to lack of _damages_.
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