What is the standard of care for treating a patient with a severe form of bowel cancer?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brodeur v. Provincial Health Services Authority, 2016 BCSC 968 (CanLII):
The standard of care also requires presenting the patient with alternative treatments, including the option of foregoing treatment. In Van Mol v. Ashmore, 1999 BCCA 6, Huddart J.A., writing for the majority, notes that while Reibl specifically requires discussion of any material, special, or unusual risks of the proposed treatment, various other cases have considered expanding this requirement to include discussion of alternative treatments as well (at paras. 96-101). She concludes that this is the appropriate standard, and that a patient is entitled to know about all alternatives, and the risks and advantages associated with each (at para. 102).
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