Opinion ID: 1779199
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Heading: Professional community standard

Text: ¶ 18. Prior to 1985, Mississippi followed the professional community standard for a determination of the material risks which must be disclosed in order to obtain conformed consent. This professional community standard, in turn, required medical experts to establish the acceptable standard within the medical community. For instance, in Ross v. Hodges, 234 So.2d 905 (Miss.1970), a patient charged her physician with failure to disclose the risk of neurological deficit associated with cranial surgery. In affirming the trial court's directed verdict on the issue of informed consent, this Court held, Plaintiff had the burden of proving, in this respect, the professional standard according to the customs of medical practice of neurosurgeons in this area. [1] Id. at 909.