title: Has Bolitho affected assessment of the appropriate standard of medical care?
abstract: The courts' use of the Bolam test has been criticized for giving the medical profession deferential treatment and making it easier to defend a minority opinion. This article asks whether the shift to the Bolitho principle has gone too far or not far enough.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Penarth.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perera
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003657:Decision Making; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom