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4398 A physician's duty to disclose facts about a patient's medical condition is owed to the patient, not to the patient's spouse, but a breach of the duty owed to the patient may result in liability to the patient's spouse for loss of consortium; a physician's fiduciary duty not to misrepresent the patient's condition exists throughout the doctor - patient relationship; general allegations that a physician was negligent in treating a patient are sufficient to support an action for negligence or for loss of consortium based on that negligence.CitationHAHN v MIRDA (Incorrect Biopsy) 147 CA4 740 [See: Arato v Avedon 5 C4 1172, T/AT 11/93]
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