Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters
(2021)
Book Chapter
Pickles, C. (2021). Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters. In J. Samanta, & A. Samanta (Eds.), Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence (80-111). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908893.00011
This chapter analyses South African courts' approach to clinical guidelines in medical negligence case law. It is widely accepted that guidelines 'do not have the status of law' and this was recently confirmed by the Western Cape High Court. However,... Read More about Medical guidelines in South African courts: exploring their role in medical negligence matters.