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'''Informed consent''' is a legal and ethical prerequisite for surgery in the United States. It is defined as: <blockquote>Assent to permit an occurrence, such as surgery, that is based on a complete disclosure of facts needed to make the decision intelligently, such as knowledge of the risks entailed or alternatives. The name for a fundamental principle of law that a physician has a duty to reveal what a reasonably prudent physician in the medical community employing reasonable care would reveal to a patient as to whatever reasonably foreseeable risks of harm might result from a proposed course of treatment. This disclosure must be afforded so that a patient—exercising ordinary care for his or her own welfare and confronted with a choice of undergoing the proposed treatment, alternative treatment, or none at all—can intelligently exercise judgment by reasonably Balancing the probable risks against the probable benefits.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Informed+Consent |title=Informed conesnt |last= |first= |accessdate=2020-06-27}}</ref></blockquote>