Opinion ID: 2607347
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Heading: The Patient-Oriented Standard of Disclosure

Text: Dr. Char first argues that the ICA's opinion in the present case, which adopts the patient-oriented standard of disclosure in actions based on the doctrine of informed consent, should be reversed as being in apparent conflict with this court's decisions in Nishi v. Hartwell, 52 Haw. 188, 52 Haw. 296, 473 P.2d 116 (1970), and Craft v. Peebles, 78 Hawai`i 287, 893 P.2d 138 (1995). This issue, however, has been resolved by our recent adoption of the patient-oriented standard of disclosure in Carr v. Strode, 79 Hawai`i 475, 904 P.2d 489 (1995). In Carr, we approved of the reasoning utilized by the ICA in Bernard and overruled Nishi and distinguished Craft to the extent they conflicted with Carr. Id., 79 Hawai`i at 485-86, 904 P.2d at 499-500. We therefore need not address Dr. Char's first argument.