What is the professional standard of medical opinion on whether a risk is material?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brito v. Woolley, 2001 BCSC 1178 (CanLII):
The professional standards of physicians as to whether a risk is material are not in themselves determinative of this issue. Specifically, expert medical evidence as to whether a particular risk should normally be explained to a patient is relevant but not conclusive: Puranen v. Thomson, supra. Rather, this evidence is simply a factor to be considered together with the evidence of the patient and his or her circumstances.
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