title: Dohn v. Lovell, 3 June 1988.
abstract: The Court held that language in the Georgia Voluntary Sterilization Act requiring "a full and reasonable medical explanation" to be given to a person wishing to be sterilized "as to the meaning and consequences" of the operation necessarily requires that the explanation be given as to the method to be employed.  It rejected the argument of physicians in a medical malpractice suit that they needed to give an explanation only of the intended results of sterilization and that they could not be sued for medical malpractice unless they had been negligent in performing the actual sterilization.
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000569:Americas; D003376:Counseling; D019049:Developed Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005845:Georgia; D006285:Health Planning; D007258:Informed Consent; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008722:Methods; D009656:North America; D009934:Organization and Administration; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Clinic Activities; Counseling--legal aspects; Court Decision; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Georgia; Informed Consent--legal aspects; Medical Liability; North America; Northern America; Organization And Administration; Procedures; Program Activities; Programs; Sterilization, Sexual--legal aspects; United States