The question of medical negligence in British Columbia’s Cambridge affair

Source: The Lawyers Daily / Fall 2017
Author: Susanne Raab

In the fall of 2017, the Cambridge physicians’ medical licences were cancelled on the basis that they had failed to meet the requirements for continued registration and licensure. Specifically, they had failed to pass the first of two required examinations designed to evaluate the physicians’ skills and medical knowledge, notwithstanding several failed attempts and several deadline extensions required for personal reasons.

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