The Doctor-Patient Relationship and Duty of Care – How Wide Should the Net be Cast?

This is the first article in our 8 part series on medical malpractice litigation. One of the first issues the plaintiff’s counsel must consider before started a medical malpractice action is which health providers owed their client a duty of care. In many cases this issue is straightforward – but there can be special circumstances that can call into question whether a duty exists.  In this article, Andrea Donaldson reviews the foundation principles of the duty of care and considers these principles in the context of a number of cases.