To Successfully Establish a Cause of Action for Failure to Obtain

To successfully establish a cause of action for failure to obtain informed consent, a patient must generally establish, in sequence, that (1) the duty was breached, (2) the breach of duty was the cause of the injury sustained by the patient, (3) the health care provider had a duty to disclose sufficient information about the proposed treatment to obtain the patient's informed consent.

A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 3, 2
C) 2, 1, 3
D) 2, 3, 1
E) 3, 1, 2