Delimiting the doctor's duty-McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board considered: part 2

Eleanor J. Russell

Delimiting the doctor's duty-McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board considered: part 2

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This, the second part of a two-part article, examines McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board (SC) that the professional practice test established in Hunter v Hanley (IH) was the correct legal test in determining the reasonable alternative treatment options that a doctor had a duty of care to inform a patient about.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-151
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scots Law Times
Issue number	31
Publication status	Published - 6 Oct 2023

Keywords

Clinical negligence
Death
Doctors
Informed consent
Medical treatment
Reasonableness
Scotland
Standard of care

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Scots Law Times following peer review. The definitive published version Russell, E. J. (2023) 'Delimiting the doctor’s duty- McCulloch v Forth Valley health board considered: part 2', Scots Law Times, no. 31, pp. 147-151 is available online on Westlaw UK.
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