What is the impact of relying solely on medical opinion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Keswick, 2010 BCPC 198 (CanLII):
He carries on a little further in this decision at page 305 at (b): Another problem with relying solely on medical opinion is the lack of consensus within the medical community on the scope and meaning of "mental disease". This point was underscored by Dickson J. in Cooper v. The Queen...where he stated that: Even medical experts are not given to agreement which asked to define "disease of the mind".
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