Overview of the standard of care for medical advice given by healthcare professionals

07 Sep 2020

The Civil Law (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 3 September 2020. This Amendment Bill seeks to amend the Civil Law Act to set out the legal test in respect of the standard of care for medical advice given by healthcare professionals.

Our update traces the different formulations of the legal test in respect of the taking of informed consent by doctors in Singapore and examines the legal test as proposed by the Amendment Bill.

Please click here to read more about the update.

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