What is the objective test in determining what a reasonable patient would have done if given additional information about the risks of surgery?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Duperron v. Elliott, 2011 ABQB 204 (CanLII):
In Reibel v. Hughes 1980 CanLII 23 (SCC), [1980] 2 S.C.R. 880, the court adopted a modified objective test in determining what a reasonable patient, in the circumstances of the plaintiff, would have done if given additional information about the risks of surgery.
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