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OBJECTIVE UNDERSTANDING [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

... objective understanding, that is, the "reasonable patient" would have understood, whether or not the particular patient did.

CONT

... a value judgment which depends on many of the same factors involved in deciding whether subjective, as opposed to objective, comprehension of information should be required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[ ... ] compréhension objective, c'est-à-dire ce qu'un «patient raisonnable» aurait compris, sans égard à la compréhension effective ou réelle du patient en cause.

Spanish

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