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In a Case Where a New Drug of Unknown Effectiveness

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In a case where a new drug of unknown effectiveness was administered to a patient at a navy medical center despite other known and effective drugs being available and injury resulted, the navy was held liable because ____________.


A) of the hospital's importance in the care of military patients
B) it failed to warn the patient of the risks involved in administration of the drug
C) it should have used the known, less risky drug
D) it was reasonably foreseeable that injury could occur

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