The recognition of the right of patient’s information and of the duty to obtain his consent has supposed a change in the way of exercising the medicine. Not obtaining of the informed consent is a reason for professional liability, still in spite of having executed the rest of medical duties and taken care of the patient. The Supreme Spanish Court thinks that the duty of information is an essential element of “lex artis”. In this work we analyse this wide vision of the Spanish courts and the cases in which the infringement of the informed consent gives rise to civil liability... [Leer más...]