Law 3101A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Aneurysm, Coset, Vascular Surgery
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Feel free to email me (oneclass512475@gmail. com) if you have any questions or don"t understand something! Chapter vii: standard of care and its breach. Part 1: negligence in assessment and diagnosis, surgery and miscellaneous situations. The court typically undertakes a detailed review of the specific facts of the case in determining if the standard of care has been breached. (a) assessment and diagnosis. Muir v. alberta: muir was assessed and admitted to a provincially-(cid:396)u(cid:374) s(cid:272)hool fo(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal defe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)es(cid:863) at age 10. 16 & did not co(cid:374)se(cid:374)t. he did(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d out a(cid:271)out this ste(cid:396)ilizatio(cid:374) u(cid:374)til age (cid:1006)(cid:1005), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the(cid:374) she sued the province: the provincial government was held liable on many grounds: Failing to follow its own legislation policies in institutionalizing the plaintiff. Failing to diagnose her before administering anti-psychotic medicine. Defendant/doctor liable for negligence: branscombe v. regina dhb (2). Dr. held liable for wrongly diagnosing a malignant tumour leaving 1 year to live (4).
