In a medical malpractice case, is a doctor permitted to refer to a patient’s medical chart containing information that is not relevant to the patient?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Wiens, 2021 ABPC 229 (CanLII):
In Bosard v. Davey, 2005 MBQB 80, the defendant doctor at para 84 testified: . . . that he rarely would refer to those areas of a [patient’s medical] chart containing information not relevant to the particular medical issue or issues being dealt with at the time. (Emphasis in original.)
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