Letter to the Editor: Medicolegal Sidebar: Who Should Obtain Informed Consent?

James Rickert¹, Paul E Levin, Mark Piasio+3

• ¹J. Rickert, President, The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics, Bloomington, IN, USA P. E. Levin, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vice-chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA M. Piasio, Senior Medical Director, Medical Management, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA, USA T. Boniface, Professor and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery, North East Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA T. Grogan, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA, USA R. Rutherford, Orthopaedic Surgeon (Retired), Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA.