negligence.
16. The test of medical negligence which was laid down in
Bolam vs. Friern Hospital Management Committee
reported in 1957 (2) All England ... Court as laying down correct
tests in cases of medical negligence.
17. Bolam was suffering from mental illness of the
depressive type and was advised
English courts. In England, standard applicable is
popularly known as the Bolam Test, first laid down in Bolam v. Friern
Hospital Management Committee ... House of Lords, per majority, adopted the Bolam test, as
the measure of doctor's duty to disclose information about the potential
consequences
Medical negligence jurisprudence in India is characterized by a
reliance on the ‘Bolam test’.
In Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee4, the defendant doctor treating ... view…”
4 [1957] 1 WLR 582
13
A careful reading of the Bolam case shows that the standard of “reasonableness” is
implicit in the test
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doctors, is to be found in the
opinion of McNair J. in Bolam v. Friern Hospital Management
Committee ... particular art."
(Charlesworth & Percy, ibid, Para 8.02)
The water of Bolam test has ever since flown and passed under
several bridges, having been
basic principle relating to medical negligence is known as the
BOLAM Rule. This was laid down in the judgment of Justice McNair in Bolam ... ordinary skill of an
ordinary competent man exercising that particular art."
Bolam's test has been approved by the Supreme Court in Jacob
patient (c)."
49. In a celebrated and oftenly cited judgment in Bolam v.
Friern Hospital Management Committee ... have the special skill of a surgeon
(dictum of McNair Jo. In Bolam v. Friern Hospital
Management Committee
down in a decision of Queens Bench in a
leading case of Bolam vs. Friern Hospital
Management Committee [1957]1WLR ... along and till date, the law laid down in
Bolam’s case (supra) is consistently followed by all
the Courts all over the World including
down in a decision of Queens Bench in a
leading case of Bolam vs. Friern Hospital
Management Committee [1957]1WLR ... along and till date, the law laid down in
Bolam’s case (supra) is consistently followed by all
the Courts all over the World including
patient (c)."
49. In a celebrated and oftenly cited judgment in Bolam v.
Friern Hospital Management Committee ... have the special skill of a surgeon
(dictum of McNair Jo. In Bolam v. Friern Hospital
Management Committee
