In the famous case of ____________________, informed consent was not reached because a key factor (inevitable sterilization as a result of the procedure) was not disclosed to the patient.
A) Bang v. Miller Hospital
B) The Nuremburg trials
C) Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians
D) Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth

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In the case of Bang v. Miller Hospital, informed consent was deemed not to have been reached because the patient was not informed about a key factor related to the procedure, which was the inevitable sterilization that would result from it. This case highlights the importance of disclosing all significant potential outcomes of a medical procedure to the patient to meet the standard of informed consent.

In the Famous Case of ____________________, Informed Consent Was Not