In a medical malpractice case, is a doctor required to be an average specialist?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from McBride v. Langton, 1982 CanLII 1202 (AB QB):
In Wilson v. Swanson, supra, Abbott J. stated at p. 124, “… it is the duty of a specialist such as appellant, who holds himself out as possessing special skill and knowledge, to have and exercise the degree of skill of an average specialist in his field”.
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