Does a doctor have a duty to conduct his practice in accordance with the conduct of a prudent and diligent doctor in the same circumstances?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aslin v. Otto, 2003 BCSC 658 (CanLII):
It is well settled that doctors have a duty to conduct their practice in accordance with the conduct of a prudent and diligent doctor in the same circumstances: see ter Neuzen v. Korn, 1995 CanLII 72 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 674.
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