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Ontario court summarily dismisses medical negligence action relating to tummy-tuck operation

Ontario court summarily dismisses medical negligence action relating to tummy-tuck operation

Plastic surgeon met standard of care at preoperative, operative, postoperative procedures: case

High risk, high reward

High risk, high reward

Gluckstein’s Jan Marin on what it takes to make the move to med mal

Patient’s breast was likely touched during medical procedure, but she mistook purpose for such: case

Patient’s breast was likely touched during medical procedure, but she mistook purpose for such: case

Issue in disciplinary proceedings is whether doctor touched patient in a sexual manner

Causation on trial

Causation on trial

Med mal lawyer urges change in how profession thinks about causation in tort

Doctor suspended for providing medical care to family members more than 2,000 times

Doctor suspended for providing medical care to family members more than 2,000 times

Panel determines doctor’s actions amounted to professional misconduct, orders course in ethics

Medical bias may shed light on malpractice cases where many doctors made same mistake: lawyer

Medical bias may shed light on malpractice cases where many doctors made same mistake: lawyer

Medical negligence, a less obvious form of malpractice, is at heart of many negligent care cases