Transcription of Rogers v Whitaker - PACI
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Rogers v Whitaker - PACI
Rogers v Whitaker [1992] HCA 58; (1992) 175 CLR 479. (19 November 1992). HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. Rogers v. Whitaker [1992] HCA 58; (1992) 175 CLR 479. 92/045. Negligence HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. Mason CJ(1), Brennan(1), Dawson(1), Toohey(1), Gaudron and(2), McHugh(1) JJ. CATCHWORDS. Negligence - Breach of duty - Medical practitioner - Duty to warn of possibility of adverse effect of proposed treatment - Extent of duty. HEARING. CANBERRA, 1992, April 28, November 19. 19:11:1992. APPEAL from the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Maree Lynette Whitaker , who had for many years been almost totally blind in her right eye, consulted Christopher Rogers , an ophthalmic surgeon, who advised her that an operation on the eye would not only improve its appearance but would probably restore significant sight to it.
imposes on a medical practitioner a duty to exercise reasonable care and skill in the provision of professional advice and treatment. That duty is a "single comprehensive duty
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