ABSTRACT
Legal considerations can arise in almost any aspect of an aesthetic practice. A full
textbook on health care law would be required to adequately cover the varied
legal issues as they relate to aesthetic treatments. This chapter focuses on the
relationship between informed consent and the development of complications that
may lead to a cause of action based on negligence. Since it is the lack of informed
consent that may form the basis of a medical malpractice claim, the issues of what
constitutes a medical malpractice claim will be fully described. Certainly there
are different standards for a cause in medical malpractice throughout the world.
This chapter focuses on the commonalities in medical malpractice.
