Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation [1957] 1 WLR 582
[1957] 2 All ER 118
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1957
gptkbp:defendant Friern Hospital Management Committee
gptkbp:established the standard of care for professionals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee
gptkbp:influenced medical law
standard of care in negligence
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Queen's_Bench_Division
McNair J
gptkbp:jurisdiction England and Wales
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:plaintiff John Bolam
gptkbp:principle Bolam test
gptkbp:relatedConcept professional negligence
reasonable body of medical opinion
gptkbp:relatedTo Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority
gptkbp:subject medical negligence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_tort_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8