Healthy ovaries removed without consent: conspiracy of silence?(Rx For Physicians Caveat)

Medical Law's Regan Report | February 1, 2003| | Copyright

CASE ON POINT: Oakley v. Stelly, 2003 WL 246059 So.2d--LA

ISSUE: Time and time again we encounter situations in which women's ovaries are removed without their prior consent. In instances in which physicians unexpectedly encounter diseased ovaries, the exigencies of particular situations may call for removal without the express consent of patients. In this case, a surgeon who performed a hysterectomy on a patient opted, without the patient's consent, to remove her healthy ovaries. During the course of the patient's hospital recovery, a nurse confirmed that the ...

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