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Title

Legal liability of doctors and hospitals in Canada / by Ellen I. Picard and Gerald B. Robertson.

Author

Picard, Ellen I., 1941-

Publication

Scarborough, Ont. : Carswell, c1996.

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Additional Authors

Robertson, Gerald B.

Description

liv, 449 p.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Canada
• Canada
• Jurisprudence
• Legislation, Hospital
• Malpractice
• Physicians > Malpractice > Canada
• Tort liability of hospitals > Canada

Genre/Form

Legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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 --^
• 4. The duty to refer -- 5. The duty to treat -- 6. The duty to instruct the patient -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Defences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approved practice -- 3. Error of judgment -- 4. Contributory negligence of the patient -- 5. Expiry of the limitation period -- Chapter 7. Proof of negligence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evidence -- 3. Difficulties of proof -- Chapter 8. The doctor in court -- 1. Introduction -- 2. As witness -- 3. As defendant -- Chapter 9. Other civil and criminal liability -- 1. Introduction -- 2. False imprisonment -- 3. Contract -- 4. Defamation -- 5. Criminal liability -- Chapter 10. The doctor's liability for the acts of others -- 1. General principles of vicarious liability -- 2. Relationships with others and vicarious liability -- 3. Partnerships -- Chapter 11. The hospital -- 1. Liability in general -- 2. Direct liability -- General principles -- 3. Direct liability -- Specific duties -- 4. Vicarious liability -- Chapter 12. Medical records --^
• 1. Importance -- 2. Contents -- 3. Patient's right of access -- 4. Use in legal proceedings -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 13. The future -- 1. A malpractice "crisis" in Canada? -- 2. Is there a better system? -- 3. Proposals -- Index

ISBN

• 0459254111 (bound)
• 045925412X (pbk.)

LCCN

cn^96932607^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library