What is the standard of care required by a doctor to treat a patient in a private hospital?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cryderman v. Ringrose, 1977 CanLII 650 (AB QB):
Having reviewed the law, I see the standard of care required as that of a reasonable medical man considering all the circumstances, including the seriousness of the condition, the risks, the patient’s capacity to comprehend and decide the question involved and the likely effect on her of the knowledge of the risks involved: Waddams, at p. 29. I am also in agreement with the elaborate exposition by Woodhouse J. in Smith v. Auckland Hospital Bd., [1964] N.Z.L.R. 241 at 250-51.
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