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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Good Samaritan law, Power of attorney, Clinical death, Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee, Surrogate decision-maker, Age of majority, Alexander McCall Smith, Legal death, Thomas Alured Faunce, Personal injury lawyer, Necessity in English law, Aruna Shanbaug case, Ian Kennedy, Madeleine Cosman, Medical amnesty policy, Gillick competence, Conscience clause, Charles A. Foster, Sheila McLean, Louis Waller, World Association for Medical Law, Tiss.EU, Re A, Robert Arnott, Medical Law International, Deryck Beyleveld, Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, Raimo Lahti. Excerpt: Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee 1 WLR 582 is an English tort law case that lays down the typical rule for assessing the appropriate standard of reasonable care in negligence cases involving skilled professionals (e.g. doctors): the |Bolam test.| Where the defendant has represented him or herself as having more than average skills and abilities, this test expects standards which must be in accordance with a responsible body of opinion, even if others differ in opinion. In other words, Bolam test states that |If a doctor reaches the standard of a responsible body of medical opinion, he is not negligent| Mr Bolam was a voluntary patient at mental health institution run by the Friern Hospital Management Committee. He agreed to undergo electro-convulsive therapy. He was not given any muscle relaxant, and his body was not restrained during the procedure. He flailed about violently before the procedure was stopped, and he suffered some serious injuries, including fractures of the acetabula. He sued the Committee for compensation. He argued they were negligent for (1) not issuing relaxants (2) not restraining him (3) not warning him about the risks involved. It is important to note that at this time juries were still being used for ...

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