The Standard of Care: Legal History and Definitions: the Bad and Good News

The true meaning of the term “the standard of care” is a frequent topic of discussion among emergency physicians as they evaluate and perform care on patients. This article, using legal cases and dictums, reviews the legal history and definitions of the standard of care. The goal is to provide the w...

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Autores principales: Moffett, Peter, Moore, Gregory
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011
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Legal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691483
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spelling pubmed-30883862011-06-20 The Standard of Care: Legal History and Definitions: the Bad and Good News Moffett, Peter Moore, Gregory West J Emerg Med Legal Medicine The true meaning of the term “the standard of care” is a frequent topic of discussion among emergency physicians as they evaluate and perform care on patients. This article, using legal cases and dictums, reviews the legal history and definitions of the standard of care. The goal is to provide the working physician with a practical and useful model of the standard of care to help guide daily practice. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3088386/ /pubmed/21691483 Text en Copyright © 2011 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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