What is the standard of care in medical negligence cases?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Liu v Chuo, 2019 BCSC 109 (CanLII):

The principles to be applied in determining the standard of care in a medical negligence case are summarized in Tripp v. Ur, 2013 BCSC 785 [Tripp]:

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