What is the objective test for determining whether a patient is in a medically induced coma?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bollman v. Soenen, 2014 ONCA 36 (CanLII):
The objective test is based on reasonableness, as stated in Reibl v. Hughes, at p. 900 : In short, although account must be taken of a patient’s particular position, a position which will vary with the patient, it must be objectively assessed in terms of reasonableness.
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