Doctor's duty of disclosure and the Singapore Court of Appeal decision in Hii Chii Kok: Montgomery transformed

• المؤلف الرئيسي: LOW, Kee Yang
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• الموضوعات: Asian Studies; Medical Jurisprudence; Torts
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2504; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4462/viewcontent/DoctorDutyDisclosure_TortLRev_2017_afv.pdf

The subject of a doctor’s duty of care to his patient, especially as regards the giving of advice, is a controversial one. In recent times, the courts and the medical professions in several jurisdictions have given their varying responses. In the Hii Chii Kok case, the Singapore Court of Appeal was...