Title: Legal liability of doctors and hospitals in Canada /
Authors: Picard, Ellen I., 1941-; Robertson, Gerald B.
Publisher: Carswell,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Malpractice; Legislation, Hospital; Jurisprudence; Physicians Malpractice Canada.; Tort liability of hospitals Canada.; Canada; Canada.
Contents: Chapter 1. The doctor-patient relationship -- 1. Nature of the relationship -- 2. Communications between doctor and patient -- Chapter 2. Consent -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The right to refuse treatment -- 3. Forms of consent -- 4. Withdrawing consent -- 5. Exceptions to the requirement of consent -- 6. Elements of consent -- 7. Special treatment -- 8. The remedy of battery -- Chapter 3. Informed consent: the doctor's duty of disclosure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Remedy -- battery or negligence -- 3. Standard of disclosure -- 4. Specific issues relating to disclosure -- 5. Causation -- 6. Duty to disclose medical mistakes -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Negligence -- general principles -- 1. Introduction -- the basics of negligence -- 2. Duty to care -- 3. Standard of care -- general principles -- 4. Injury -- 5. Causation -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Negligence -- specific duties and attendant standards of care -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The duty to attend -- 3. The duty to diagnose --^