2. A doctor has a duty to treat and diagnose a patient with due
care (OPTION C).
Once the basic doctor-patient relationship is
established, the doctor owes to the patient the duty of care
in deciding whether to undertake the case; in deciding what treatment to give;
and in the administration of that treatment.
6. A prudent individual whose behavior would be appropriate
under the circumstances is called a reasonable person (OPTION B).
Appropriate behavior includes such things as exercising
average care, skill, and judgment in conduct and an avoidance of extremes of
both audacity and caution.
7. When a product fails to perform as warranted, this is
called breach of warranty (OPTION C).
Breach of warranty is a term that refers of the failure
of a seller to satisfy the terms of a promise, claim, or representation that
was made about the quality or type of the product.
13. Statutes are legislation passed by legislative bodies on
the federal and state levels (OPTION B).
Statutes are acts of a legislature (passed by
elected officials in the legislative arm of federal and state governments) that
declares, proscribes, or commands a particular law, by expressing it in
writing.
14. Res ipsa loquitur means that the burden of proof shifts
to the defendant (OPTION A).
Res ipsa loquitur literarily means “the thing speaks for
itself” and is usually used to imply that the occurrence of an accident
implies negligence. For this reason, the burden of proof shifts to the defendant
to prove that he or she was not negligent.
16. The statement about defensive medicine which is true is
Option A. - It's the result of fewer malpractice claims.
This implies that a Physician or Surgeon who practices defensive
medicine has a lower chance of a medical malpractice suit.
17. A patient who contributes to causing harm is guilty of comparative
negligence (Option A)
Comparative negligence<span> can be used as a legal defense to reduce the amount of
damages that the patient can recover in a negligence-based court suit,
based on the measure to which the patient’s negligence contributed
to cause the injury.</span>
