One of the early judicial decisions promoting consumer rights in the early 1900s was in Schloendorff v. _____________, which focused on a patient's not giving consent for treatment but treatment's still being provided.

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Schloendorff v. The Society of the New York Hospital was a landmark case in 1914 that established the legal doctrine of informed consent in medical treatment. The plaintiff, Ms. Schloendorff, was a patient at the hospital who did not consent to the surgery that was performed on her. The court ruled that a physician cannot treat a patient without their informed and voluntary consent, which became a fundamental principle of medical ethics and patient rights.

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