What is the standard of care required by a medical malpractice board to treat a patient who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?
New Brunswick, Canada
The following excerpt is from Baniuk vs. Filliter and Mockler, 2010 NBQB 272 (CanLII):
Irrespective of the particular facts of a case, it remains that the standard of care must “still be that of a reasonable professional in such circumstances”. (Roberge v. Bolduc 1991 CanLII 83 (SCC), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 374; 78 D.L.R. (4th) 666 at pp. 710-711.)
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