Duty to inform.

Australian Doctor,  November, 2006  

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Take our quiz on legal matters. By Dr Craig Lilienthal.

YOU refer a 65-year-old woman to a surgeon for an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She develops hypotension postoperatively, is found to be haemorrhaging and goes into renal failure.

The patient is successfully resuscitated and is found to have been on warfarin preoperatively. She sues you and the surgeon for not stopping the anticoagulant before the surgery and seeks compensation for her pain and suffering and additional medical expenses.

You are:

A. Not liable for any damages because the surgeon should have ...

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