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When Routine Care Breaks Bones: The Case That Made Medicine Law
When Routine Care Breaks Bones: The Case That Made Medicine Law
A single hospital procedure left a voluntary patient with fractures of both acetabula after electroconvulsive therapy, and the court found no one at fault - a ruling that became the legal standard for medical negligence in England and Wales for six decades. What did the judge tell the jury that allowed routine omissions - no muscle relaxant, no restraints, and no warning - to be lawful, and who paid the price for that claim named only by a surname?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Bolam case, laying out the facts of the…
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