Testimony about which treatment option should have been recommended is not a proper basis for a claim of medical malpractice or lack of informed consent. Testimony that one treatment option is preferable does not establish that, in following a different medically accepted treatment, a defendant-physician deviated from the standard of care.
Lampkowski v. Parra, NY Slip Op 00508 (1st Dep't January 23, 2020)
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