Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

تمرين 25

Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the questions that follow each of the case studies.
A woman gave birth in the back seat of a taxicab while en route to the hospital. To what standard of care would each of the following individuals be held?
The patient sued and won. Refer to the four Ds of negligence to explain the court's decision.
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An on-call ophthalmologist, without seeing the patient, diagnosed his eye pain, sensitivity to light, and nausea as sinusitis. In fact, the patient had acute angle closure glaucoma and lost sight in the eye.