UJI 13-1104B. Duty to inform.

In treating a patient, a doctor is under the duty to communicate to the patient [, or to the patient’s representative when the patient is a minor or is incapacitated,] that information which a reasonably prudent patient under similar circumstances would need to know about: 1. the patient’s condition; [and] 2. the alternatives for treatment; [and] 3. the inherent and potential hazards of the proposed treatment; [and] 4. the likely result if the condition remains untreated. The duty to inform does not require a doctor to discuss with a patient every risk of proposed treatment no matter how small or remote. [A doctor has no duty to discuss risks which the doctor can reasonably expect to be obvious or known to the patient.] [There is no duty to inform where reasonably well-qualified doctors, acting under similar circumstances, would reasonably conclude that informing the patient of the [condition] [inherent and potential hazards of the proposed (treatment) (operation)] would seriously endanger the patient’s life or health.]