title: Malpractice liability for the failure to adequately educate patients: the Australian law of "informed consent" and its implications for American ethics committees.
authors.affiliation: Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001766:Blindness / Q000601:surgery; D030881:Disclosure; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D038622:Internationality; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000209:etiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States