What is the impact of the standard in medical opinion on a patient’s health?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from O'Grady v. Stokes, 2005 ABQB 247 (CanLII):
However, the inquiry does not end here as medical evidence of the standard itself is not determinative of the issue. I must now decide whether a “reasonable person in the patient’s position would want to know of the risk” (Ciarlariello v. Schacter (1993), 1993 CanLII 138 (SCC), 100 D.L.R. (4th) 609 at 617 (S.C.C.).
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