Bolam test

concept · in 1 source (2017)

The legal standard that a doctor acted properly if a responsible body of other doctors would have done the same.

Sources by year: 2017: 1

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2017-12-21 · Consent, Capacity and Jehovah's Witnesses - Medical Ethics & Law for interviews — a guest: Under the Bolam test, used historically to decide how much information to give, a doctor was legally in the clear if another group of reasonable doctors would have done the same. — 00:07:03
- a guest: Since the Montgomery case the standard for informing patients has moved from what a reasonable doctor would tell a patient to what a reasonable patient would want to know. — 00:09:07