Weiss v. Solomon : A Case Study in Institutional Responsibility for Clinical Research

[1989] R.J.Q. 731.

Canadian Health Facilities Law Guide p. 4133, May, 1989.

Examination on Discovery Out of Court After Plea. Deposition of Dr. Martin Kaback. Case No. 500-05-016-729-822, Superior Court, Montreal, Weiss v. Solomon.

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[1980] 2 S.C.R. 880.

[1980] 2 S.C.R. 192.

These terms, with all their inherent ambiguities, are employed by the Supreme Court of Canada to define the required standard of disclosure; cf. Hopp v. Lepp, op. cit. no. 9.

Ibid., p. 209.; Reibl v. Hughes, op. cit. no. 8, pp. 884–5.

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Il en est de même du défendeur, l'hôpital, qui, par son comité recherche, a approuvé le protocole de recherche ainsi que la formule de consentement à être obtenu de chacun des participants au programme de recherche. Le “Research Committee” de l'hôpital ne peut ignorer ce que ses participants et membres connaissent. Même si la formule de consentement à être obtenue des participants au programme de recherche n'est pas réglementée par quelque disposition que ce soit, il y a lieu de se demander pourquoi la description du risque de l'angiogramme à la fluorescèine est minimisée dans la formule de consentement, alors qu'elle aurait dû être explicitée par le médecin chargé de l'application du protocole de recherche?

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From the risks of a given project to the history of the Roman Empire to the location of the Kahnawake reserve to the birds and bees.

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Reibl v. Hughes, op. cit. no. 8, 894.