When obtaining informed consent in Canada, what standard decides which risks a dentist must disclose?
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What a reasonable person in the patient's position would want to know
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What most dentists in the community usually disclose
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Only risks that occur in more than 10% of cases
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Only risks the patient asks about specifically
This question is one of 15 in AFK practice: Prevention, infection control and ethics. Test yourself on all of them.
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Canadian law uses a patient-centred standard: material risks, including rare but serious ones and those of special relevance to this particular patient, must be disclosed. The older professional-practice standard ('what dentists usually disclose') is not the test in Canada.
Source: Reibl v. Hughes, Supreme Court of Canada (1980); Canadian Dental Association Code of Ethics — oneguy
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