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Medical Law - Foreseeability
Whether it was reasonably foreseeable that the doctor's activity or inaction could cause injury to the patient is the question of foreseeability. A situation in which injury would not have been reasonably foreseeable is when a patient receives a prescription from a doctor and then passes it to a friend, who experiences a negative reaction. Given that the drug was administered with the utmost care and attention for the patient, it would not be reasonably foreseeable in these circumstances that it might hurt the friend. The doctor would have no obligation to the friend.
Whether it was reasonably foreseeable that the doctor's activity or inaction could cause injury to the patient is the question of foreseeability. A situation in which injury would not have been reasonably foreseeable is when a patient receives a prescription from a doctor and then passes it to a friend, who experiences a negative reaction. Given that the drug was administered with the utmost care and attention for the patient, it would not be reasonably foreseeable in these circumstances that it might hurt the friend. The doctor would have no obligation to the friend.
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