What is the standard of care of the medical staff in the context of medical malpractice cases?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Newton v. Marzban, 2008 BCSC 328 (CanLII):
Fourth, the standard of care will be judged on the standards in place at the time of the relevant events, and not with the benefit of hindsight: ter Neuzen v. Korn, 1995 CanLII 72 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674 at para. 47.
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