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Twerski & Cohen's Second Revolution: A Systems/Strategic Perspective, Lynn M. Lopucki
Twerski & Cohen's Second Revolution: A Systems/Strategic Perspective, Lynn M. Lopucki
UF Law Faculty Publications
In an article published in 1992, Professors Twerski and Cohen suggested that basic principles of the law of informed consent require medical providers to tell their patients about competing providers could perform the same procedures better or more safely. In its 1996 decision in Johnson v. Kokemoor, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin cited Twerski and Cohen's article in holding a neurosurgeon liable for not telling a patient of such a competitor. As a result, Twerski and Cohen now argue, the law of informed consent now stands on the brink of a second revolution. This comment sets forth a systems/strategic analysis …