Dutton - Medical Malpractice in SA

Index
Accountability … 80–81
mental disease or illness … 81
youth … 80
Actio iniuriarum … 18–23
Actio legis aquiliae … 17–18
Amendments to pleadings … 26–27
Animus iniuriandi see Intention
Aquilian action … 17–18
precedent … 115–116
Assessment, objective or subjective … 63–64
‘But for’ test … 60–73
exceptions … 65–70
medical malpractice cases, in … 64–65
standard of proof … 62–63
causation and damages … 63
Causation … 8–9, 59–78
concept of … 59–60
factual … 60–73
‘but for’ or sine qua non test … 60–73
see also ‘But for’ test
Cause of action … 6–7, 11–29
contract or delict … 13
definition … 11
delict … 15–16
multiple … 28–29
practical aspects … 26–29
relevance … 26
Children, negligence of … 88–89
Clinical malpractice … 17
‘Coloured intent’ see Unlawfulness: knowledge
of
Conduct — acts and omissions … 45–46
Confidentiality … 21–23
Consent … 5, 50–58
see also Refusal of treatment
court order … 58
defences excluding need for … 57
emergencies … 57
informed … 8, 20, 21, 50–51
concept of … 51–52
doctor–patient relationship … 52–53
SA law, requirements … 53–54
lack of … 17
minors … 54–55
medical treatment … 55
pregnancy, termination of … 55–56
Consent, minors (cont)
surgery … 55
necessity … 57–58
negotiorum gestio … 57
patient’s autonomy and right to self-determination
… 51
statutory authority … 58
therapeutic privilege … 58
unauthorised administration … 57
Contract … 47–48
Control of dangerous object or person …
48–49
Corpus … 20
Culpa see Negligence
Delict … 12–17
SA law, in … 16–17
‘Diminished’ life … 43–45
Doctor–patient relationship and informed
consent … 52–53
Dolus see Intention
Duty of care … 34–35
Facta probanda … 11–12, 17, 19, 23, 26
Facta probantia … 11–12
Fault … 9–10, 35–37, 79–114
concept of … 79
definition … 79
forms … 80
unlawfulness, distinction … 111
Foreseeability test … 94–96
abstract (or absolute) approach … 95
concrete (or relative) approach … 95
practical considerations … 95–96
Grounds of justification for medical intervention
… 50
Ignorance deemed to be negligence …
107–109
Imperitia culpae adnumeratur … 107–109
precedent … 131–132
Intention … 81–85
concept … 81
definition … 81
motive, distinct from … 83–85
privacy … 85
unlawfulness, and … 83
will, direction of … 81–82
Invasion of privacy see Privacy
137