Manning Joanna M
Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, 9 Eden Crescent, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand.
Med Law Rev. 2019 Aug 1;27(3):519-529. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwz020.
In Diamond v Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 585, the Court of Appeal mistakenly applied the wrong test to the issue of the causal link between the surgeon's failure to disclose material information and her physical injury. Even had that test been correct, its application to the facts was open to question and arguably unsympathetic. The decision is also of note for adding to a line of previous Court of Appeal decisions, which have held that breach of the duty of disclosure does not create a stand-alone right to damages for loss of autonomy.
在“戴蒙德诉皇家德文郡和埃克塞特国民保健服务基金会信托案”[2019] EWCA Civ 585中，上诉法院在处理外科医生未披露重要信息与患者身体伤害之间因果关系的问题上错误地适用了错误的检验标准。即便该检验标准是正确的，将其适用于本案事实也存在疑问，且可以说缺乏公正性。该判决还值得关注，因为它加入了上诉法院此前一系列的判决行列，这些判决认为违反披露义务并不会产生独立的因自主权丧失而要求损害赔偿的权利。
