As you position an adult patient for a skull examination,you begin to position a shadow shield attached to the x-ray tube assembly to protect the patient's thyroid from exposure.While you are doing so,the lead shield falls and hits the patient in the throat.You apologize,and nursing care is administered to the patient to take care of the throat trauma.Eventually,the patient's voice changes,and he contends that the accident led to his throat damage.In the court proceedings,his attorney claims negligence and uses the principle of

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The legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur sometimes arises in cases of medical negligence and is used to switch the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant.Res ipsa loquitur translates to "the thing speaks for itself" and describes how a patient is injured through no fault of his or her own while in the complete control of another.

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