Although Hospitals Are Not Generally Responsible for Informing Patients as to the Risks

Although hospitals are not generally responsible for informing patients as to the risks, benefits, and alternatives to specific procedures, hospitals __________.

A) always have a duty to provide patients with informed consent, especially in complicate surgical cases
B) in some cases owe a duty to provide patients with informed consent.
C) never in any situation never a duty to provide a patient with informed consent
D) must delegate the need for informed consent to the nursing staff