Hawaii Informed Consent Supplement
This supplement to our "Informed Consent Revisited" article contains excerpts from Hawaii laws related to informed consent, consent by minors and special consents. Hawaii physicians who have questions about a specific patient or who require legal advice may call MIEC’s Claims Office in Honolulu at 808-545-7231 or in Oakland, CA at 800-227-4527. For general liability questions, physicians and their staff can call MIEC’s Patient Safety & Risk Management Department in Oakland, CA at 800-227-4527. Informed Consent In the state of Hawaii, physicians must obtain informed consent from a patient prior to proposed medical or surgical treatments and diagnostic or therapeutic...
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