What is the standard of care expected of a medical practitioner?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Markowa v. Adamson Cosmetic Facial Surgery Inc., 2012 ONSC 1012 (CanLII):
The standard of care expected of a medical practitioner was explained in Crits and Crits v. Sylvester et al. as follows: Every medical practitioner must bring to his task a reasonable degree of skill and knowledge and must exercise a reasonable degree of care. He is bound to exercise that degree of skill and care which could be expected of a normal, prudent practitioner of the same experience and standing...[27]
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