Anaes Vivas · Ethics, consent & medicolegal
Data viva — the Bolam and the Montgomery standards
A data viva on the legal standards — the Bolam (the doctor-centred, the reasonable-body-of-medical-opinion) superseded by the Montgomery (the patient-centred, the material risks the reasonable person would want to know); the application to the anaesthetic consent.
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Prompt
The Bolam test (the 1957 standard) and the Montgomery ruling (the 2015 standard) for the medical consent and the negligence. Compare and apply.
Stimulus
Two legal standards for the medical consent and the negligence are shown: the Bolam test (the 1957, the doctor-centred — the "the reasonable body of medical opinion") and the Montgomery ruling (the 2015, the patient-centred — the "the material risks the reasonable person would want to know"). Compare and apply to the anaesthetic consent.
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