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Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2/2018

01-06-2018 | Recent Developments

Singapore Modifies the U.K. Montgomery Test and Changes the Standard of Care Doctors Owe to Patients on Medical Advice

Authors: Sumytra Menon, Voo Teck Chuan

Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Issue 2/2018

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The Singapore Court of Appeal issued a landmark judgment on the legal test for negligence in medical advice in Hii Chii Kok v Ooi Peng Jin London Lucien and Another [2017] SGCA 38 (HCK). The previous precedent of Khoo James and another v Gunapathy d/o Muniandy and another appeal [2002] 1 SLR(R) 1024 held that the standard of care, including the provision of advice to the patient, was to be judged by Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 583 and subjected to the addendum in Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority [1988] AC 232. A doctor will satisfy the Bolam-Bolitho standard of care if her conduct is supported by a responsible body of medical opinion, which is logically defensible. …
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Tan, W.M. 2017. Ill advice or Ill-advised? Negligent medical advice and the modified Montgomery test. Singapore Law Review 8: 1–13.
Metadata
Title
Singapore Modifies the U.K. Montgomery Test and Changes the Standard of Care Doctors Owe to Patients on Medical Advice
Authors
Sumytra Menon
Voo Teck Chuan
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1176-7529
Electronic ISSN: 1872-4353
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-018-9868-3

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