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obligation to disclose [2 records]

Record 1 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The case law on the question of informed consent or the duty of disclosure has exhibited a variety of classification of risks involved in proposed surgery or therapy.

CONT

... the Court asked whether the doctor's duty to disclose and his discretion to withhold information are governed by medical practice or imposed by law? They are imposed by law.

CONT

The obligation of disclosure must always rest with the doctor who is to carry out the treatment or investigative procedure.

CONT

... the Supreme Court of Canada declared that "the concept of individual autonomy is fundamental to the common law and is the basis for the requirement that disclosure be made to a patient" .... As such, the scope of the disclosure obligation is only rarely, if ever, mediated by external factors.

CONT

... a doctor's obligation to disclose was considered part of the fiduciary relationship between doctor and patient.

Key term(s)
  • disclosure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

[...] les cours ont étendu le devoir de divulgation de la façon suivante : «... le chirurgien doit également, lorsque les circonstances l'exigent, expliquer les solutions de rechange au traitement proposé et les risques qu'elles comportent».

CONT

Il n'existe [...] pas d'obligation de divulguer tous les risques possibles car cela serait contraire à la réalité médicale.

CONT

[...] l'autonomie individuelle forme un élément de base de la common law et est le fondement de l'obligation de divulgation envers le patient.

CONT

La jurisprudence sur la question du consentement éclairé ou le devoir de divulguer propose plusieurs classifications des risques que comporte une opération chirurgicale ou un traitement envisagé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
  • Comercio exterior
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