Smith v Auckland Hospital Board - [1965] NZLR 191

Medicine, pharmacy and related professions — Doctor and patient — Patient considering undergoing certain procedure — Duty of doctor to answer with due care questions as to risk involved — Conditions under which doctor liable in tort if proper answer not given

Negligence — Duty of care — Causation — Doctor failing to use due care in answering patient's questions as to risk involved in procedure recommended by doctor — Patient undergoing such procedure and suffering injury — Whether doctor in breach of duty of care owed to patient — Whether such breach the cause of the patient's injuries

Tort — Negligence — Duty of care — Causation — Doctor failing to use due care in answering patient's questions as to risk involved in procedure recommended by doctor — Patient undergoing such procedure and suffering injury — Whether doctor in breach of duty of care owed to patient — Whether such breach the cause of the patient's injuries.