Texas Jurisprudence CHAP 1-4 Exam QUESTIONS
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Can a patient successfully sue a No
doctor if there is no physician-patient
relationship?
If there is no prior physician-patient No
relationship, are you legally obliged
to respond to a call from a patient for
treatment?
Does being on call give rise to a No
physician-patient relationship?
How can one terminate a physician- 30 days written notice; must provide for emergency
patient relationship, without
abandonment if there is ongoing
treatment?
Does a physician's duty extend to the Yes
unborn child or potential victims of
an ill patient?
, What is "proximate cause"? Prove that negligence caused harm and that the
cause was not too remote; what is required to hold
a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit
What are the two components of Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
proximate cause?
Does an expert witness have to be Yes
actively practicing medicine?
Does an expert witness have to know Yes
standards of care?
Does an expert witness have to have Yes
enough training to express an
opinion on whether standard of care
was provided?
Does an expert witness have to be No, board certified or eqivalent
board certified?
In a medical malpractice case, are Yes, with two exceptions
expert witnesses required?
In a medical malpractice setting, Res ipsa loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg)
what 2 instances do not need expert and negligence per se (a law was broken)
testimony?
What are "exemplary damages"? Damages above compensatory designed to punish
the defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic $250,000 for physicians, $500,000 for hospitals
damages? How much?
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Can a patient successfully sue a No
doctor if there is no physician-patient
relationship?
If there is no prior physician-patient No
relationship, are you legally obliged
to respond to a call from a patient for
treatment?
Does being on call give rise to a No
physician-patient relationship?
How can one terminate a physician- 30 days written notice; must provide for emergency
patient relationship, without
abandonment if there is ongoing
treatment?
Does a physician's duty extend to the Yes
unborn child or potential victims of
an ill patient?
, What is "proximate cause"? Prove that negligence caused harm and that the
cause was not too remote; what is required to hold
a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit
What are the two components of Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
proximate cause?
Does an expert witness have to be Yes
actively practicing medicine?
Does an expert witness have to know Yes
standards of care?
Does an expert witness have to have Yes
enough training to express an
opinion on whether standard of care
was provided?
Does an expert witness have to be No, board certified or eqivalent
board certified?
In a medical malpractice case, are Yes, with two exceptions
expert witnesses required?
In a medical malpractice setting, Res ipsa loquitur (e.g., amputation of wrong leg)
what 2 instances do not need expert and negligence per se (a law was broken)
testimony?
What are "exemplary damages"? Damages above compensatory designed to punish
the defendant and deter the behavior
Is there a cap to noneconomic $250,000 for physicians, $500,000 for hospitals
damages? How much?
