Abstract
In every negligence lawsuit, including a lawsuit based on the medical negligence of a healthcare provider, the injured party must prove the existence of a duty of exercise reasonable care, a breach of the duty to exercise reasonable care, a causal connection between the breach of the duty to exercise reasonable care the in the injury suffered and proof of legally cognizable injury. This chapter overviews each of these requirements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine |
| Subtitle of host publication | Volume 1-4, Third Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | V3:534-V3:538 |
| Volume | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780443214424 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780443214417 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2024 |
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- Breach of duty
- Causation
- Cause in fact
- Duty
- Injury
- Malpractice
- Medical negligence
- Physician–patient relationship
- Proximate cause
- Res ipsa loquitur
- Standard of care
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