Is a physician required to practice to a standard that anticipated a worse case scenario?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cardy v. Trapp, 2008 CanLII 59096 (ON SC):
It would be wrong to require a physician to practice to a standard that anticipated a worse case scenario as the risk and elevate the standard of practice accordingly. We know the standard of practice applied has a degree of risk. We know now that additional communication and checks could have prevented the delay in obtaining a diagnosis. But the court must be careful not to rely upon the perfect vision afforded by hindsight. See Lapointe v. Hospital LeGardeur, 1992 [SCJ No. 11, 28].
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