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ALEAS COURUS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... the decided cases appear to indicate that, in obtaining the consent of a patient for the performance upon him of a surgical operation, a surgeon, generally, should answer any specific questions posed by the patient as to the risks involved ...

OBS

risks involved: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • risk involved

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Il appartient [ ... ] au médecin ou au chirurgien d'instruire le patient ou le donneur de la nature de l'intervention et de l'étendue des risques courus.

OBS

risques courus : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • risque couru
  • aléas courus
  • aléa couru

Spanish

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