Before a medical procedure, health care professionals are required to obtain informed consent from their patients. If they do not get this consent, this alone could indicate medical malpractice.
When a patient signs an informed consent document, this means that they are made aware of the benefits and the risk of the procedure or the treatment, including the potential side effects or complications. However, even though the patient may be signing that they understand these risks, they are not consenting to the doctor committing malpractice due to their incompetence or negligence.
That is why if you feel you have been injured due to medical malpractice, you need to contact the law firm of Jacoby & Meyers LLP. We can determine whether the injury falls outside the bounds of informed consent and whether or not you have a valid claim for medical malpractice.