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Old 10-17-2007, 11:28 PM   #231 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LTHFAdvocate View Post
Standard of care and causation have nothing to do with each other except for the fact that they are both required to prove negligence. Or so they taught me in law school.
And if a physican fails to insure that a patient is vaccinated, thus increasing that patien's risk for bacterial meningitis, then that physician has not adhered to standards of care. And you are telling me that a judge and jury would not hold a physican to a higher ethical standard and a greater degree of responsibility than they would a line cook?
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