Abstract
Comments on the House of Lords judgment in Chester v Afshar on whether a surgeon was liable in negligence for failing to warn the claimant about the risk of paralysis resulting from an operation where she claimed that had she known about the risk she would have delayed the operation, but could not rule out the possibility that she would have consented at a later date. Considers the nature and extent of the damages available to the claimant. © 2011 Sweet & Maxwell
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 57-65 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nottingham Law Journal |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Causation
- Clinical negligence
- Duty to warn
- Informed consent
- Measure of damages
- Surgical procedures