Health Sciences 3101A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Fiduciary, Saint John Regional Hospital, Grand River Hospital
12 Dec 2016
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Negligence in assessment and diagnosis, surgery and miscellaneous situations. Standard of care expected of health professionals: general practitioners and rural and family physicians, nurses, residents, volunteers, students and trainees, psychologists, social workers and other counselors. Negligence actions for failing to obtain an informed consent: nature of the action, standard of disclosure, ancillary informed consent principles, disclosing errors. Part 1: negligence in assessment and diagnosis, surgery and other situations. The great majority of claims against health professionals are based on negligence & most of these cases turn on whether the professional breached the standard of care. The court typically undertakes a detailed review of the specific facts of the case in determining if the standard of care has been breached: assessment and diagnosis. Mckinnon vs. grand river hospital: miscellaneous situations. Part 2: standard of care of various health professionals: general practitioners and rural and family physicians.
