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3915 REVIEW DENIED In obtaining informed consent to treat a patient, it is not necessary for a doctor to provide information concerning the risks of a commonly-used, low risk drug; a doctor has no obligation to obtain consent for treating a patient in an emergency; if a patient attaches conditions to a general consent for medical treatment, a doctor who violates those conditions by performing a procedure for which consent was withdrawn may be liable for battery, but only if the doctor has actual knowledge of the conditions; a hospital employee's knowledge of conditions to a patient's consent is not imputed to a treating physician.CitationPIEDRA v DUGAN (Conditional Consent) 123 CA4 1483 [See: Cobbs v Grant 8 C3 229; Preston v Hubbell 87 CA2 53; Conte v Girard 107 CA4 1260, T/AT 5/03]
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