Health Sciences 3101A/B Chapter 7: workbook chapter 7 notes
10 Oct 2020
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Part 1: negligence in assessment and diagnosis, surgery and miscellaneous situations. Dilaudid, an opioid that was 3-8x more potent: the drug was administered at 5:30pm, 9:30pm, and 2:30am. Part 2: the standard of care expected of various health professionals. Nurses: till v. walker (2000, holan estate v. stanton regional health board (2001, ghassi v. singh (2018) Psychologists, social workers, and other counsellors: g. (i. ) v. rusch (1999) Healthcare law chapter 7 workbook notes standard of care and its breach: n(m) v. froberg (2009) Part 3: negligence actions for failing to obtain an informed consent. Nature of the action: the term informed consent appears frequently in legislation and in everyday discussions among health professionals. In this sense, the term informed consent may be interpreted to mean a knowledgeable consent. In most of these cases, the plaintiff can establish that the health professional breached the standard of care, but is unable to meet the subjective/objective test of causation.
