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Negligence and civil liability visited
- Negligence and civil liability visited
- CanMEDS Roles and terms of use
- Learning Objectives
- Help Menu
- What is negligence?
- What is civil liability?
- Negligence and civil liability
Canada
- CASE STUDY
- Meet John
- Meet Dr. Delores
- History and physical exam
- Management and follow-up
- What happens next?
- Over the next six months
- What happens next?
- Investigations
- Clinical outcome
- What happens next?
- Civil legal action
- How does a physician receive notification of a civil legal action?
- Establishing negligence
- Four elements of negligence
- When does a physician’s duty of care begin?
- What does a duty of care imply?
- What if the diagnosis is uncertain?
- What else does a duty of care imply?
- How do the courts determine a breach of duty of care?
- What are the court’s expectations?
- How is standard of care determined?
- What is the role of professional regulatory authorities in a legal proceeding?
- What is the role of experts in a legal proceeding?
- How is harm or injury demonstrated?
- Causation
- The court’s view
- Back to the case
- Just to recap…
- Knowledge Check
- Exit
Quebec
- CASE STUDY
- Meet John
- Meet Dr. Delores
- History and physical exam
- Management and follow-up
- What happens next?
- Over the next six months
- What happens next?
- Investigations
- Clinical outcome
- What happens next?
- Civil legal action
- How does a physician receive notification of a civil legal action?
- Three elements of civil liability
- When do a physician’s obligations toward a patient begin?
- What are a physician’s obligations?
- What if the diagnosis is uncertain?
- How do the courts determine a fault was committed?
- What are the court’s expectations?
- How is standard of care determined?
- What is the role of the College in a legal proceeding?
- What is the role of experts in a legal proceeding?
- How is harm or injury demonstrated?
- Causation
- The court’s view
- Back to the case
- Just to recap…
- Knowledge Check
- Exit

Negligence and civil liability