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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 354203" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Definitely second opinion - frankly, aiming for a lawsuit is probably going to be a waste of whatever quality of life and time tat he has left.</p><p></p><p>I'm on the incoming side of this, as I'm heading for radiotherapy coming up in another five weeks. So all this worry over side effects doesn't exactly cheer me up!</p><p>However, I have been told my chances of side effects in detail as well as my chances in detail, with and without radiotherapy. So I'm going into this with my eyes wide open, I make the choices and I (at the moment anyway) choose to go ahead. This is informed consent.</p><p></p><p>If your father was not fully informed, then what consent he gave was meaningless. On that basis, there would be grounds for lawsuit. Also if the precautions he was told would be made, and the level of care he was assured would be given, did not in fact take place - again, grounds. But even with clear-cut breaches of the duty of care, proving it would be difficult as well as taxing emotionally.</p><p></p><p>Definitely time for another medical opinion, and possible several legal ones as well.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 354203, member: 1991"] Definitely second opinion - frankly, aiming for a lawsuit is probably going to be a waste of whatever quality of life and time tat he has left. I'm on the incoming side of this, as I'm heading for radiotherapy coming up in another five weeks. So all this worry over side effects doesn't exactly cheer me up! However, I have been told my chances of side effects in detail as well as my chances in detail, with and without radiotherapy. So I'm going into this with my eyes wide open, I make the choices and I (at the moment anyway) choose to go ahead. This is informed consent. If your father was not fully informed, then what consent he gave was meaningless. On that basis, there would be grounds for lawsuit. Also if the precautions he was told would be made, and the level of care he was assured would be given, did not in fact take place - again, grounds. But even with clear-cut breaches of the duty of care, proving it would be difficult as well as taxing emotionally. Definitely time for another medical opinion, and possible several legal ones as well. Marg [/QUOTE]
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