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Patient Plaintiff $($PP$)$ suffered serious side effects after taking a medication prescribed by Defendant Doctor $($DD$).$

PP files a civil action for negligence against DD and testifies during the jury trial that:

DD never mentioned that the drug being prescribed was known to have serious side effects in some patients, and

PP would not have agreed to take the medicine if she had been informed of the risks

The question as to whether DD properly disclosed the risks associated with the drug is a question of and, as such, deciding the question is the role of the