Legal implications of AI standard of care integration on patients' informed consent: lessons from surgery

Mindy N. Duffourc; Ronan A. Cahill

doi:10.1038/s41746-025-02157-1

Legal implications of AI standard of care integration on patients' informed consent: lessons from surgery

Mindy N. Duffourc^*
, Ronan A. Cahill

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

AI integration into clinical practice can introduce novel legal and ethical questions, but there are still important parallels with past medical innovations in how they have been phased into clinical practice and impact consent. This Perspective examines prior legal cases that specifically evaluate consent in connection with use or availability of new surgical technologies to offer valuable insights into how AI integration can impact informed consent during this transition phase.

Original language	English
Article number	4
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	npj Digital Medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	4
Early online date	13 Dec 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-02157-1
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2026

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