In [case], the claimant suffered Brachial Palsy whilst having a blood transfusion during surgery. His argument was that the anaesthetist should have been aware of such a risk from an article in the Lancet published six months earlier. The court rejected the claim for negligence. It would be both impractical and unrealistic to expect a professional to know every new development in his/her field at any given moment in time.
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Crawford v Charing Cross Hospital, The Times, 8 December 1983
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In [case], the claimant suffered Brachial Palsy whilst having a blood transfusion during surgery. His argument was that the anaesthetist should have been aware of such a risk from an article in the Lancet published six months earlier. The court rejected the claim for negligence. It would be both impractical and unrealistic to expect a professional to know every new development in his/her field at any given moment in time.
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#clinical-negligence #negligence #tort
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In [case], the claimant suffered Brachial Palsy whilst having a blood transfusion during surgery. His argument was that the anaesthetist should have been aware of such a risk from an article in the Lancet published six months earlier. The court rejected the claim for negligence. It would be both impractical and unrealistic to expect a professional to know every new development in his/her field at any given moment in time.
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Crawford v Charing Cross Hospital, The Times, 8 December 1983
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