MED 118: CHAPTER 5. AN ULTIMATE A+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS BREAKDOWN
liable
Legally responsible or obligated
Respondent Superior
-"let the master answer"
-a doctrine under which an employer is legally liable for the acts of his or her
employees, if such acts were performed within the scope of the employees' duties
For a lawsuit to succeed under respondent superior, the injured plaintiff must
prove:
employers have general liability for:
-employment buildings & grounds
-automobiles
-employee safety
standard of care
The level of performance expected of a health care practitioner in carrying out his or her
professional duties
duty of care
the legal obligation of health care workers to
pts & nonpatients.
physicians have a duty of care
-to pts with whom they have established a physician-pt relationship but they may also
be held to duty of care toward ppl who are not pts
-such as the pts family members, former pts, & office personnel
depending on state law
physicians may have a duty under standard of care to warn nonpts of danger, in case of
a psychiatric pt who threatens to harm others or in the case of a pt with a communicable
disease
physicians
in general practice is expected to conform to the standards of other general practitioners
in the physicians own or a comparable community
ANSWERS BREAKDOWN
liable
Legally responsible or obligated
Respondent Superior
-"let the master answer"
-a doctrine under which an employer is legally liable for the acts of his or her
employees, if such acts were performed within the scope of the employees' duties
For a lawsuit to succeed under respondent superior, the injured plaintiff must
prove:
employers have general liability for:
-employment buildings & grounds
-automobiles
-employee safety
standard of care
The level of performance expected of a health care practitioner in carrying out his or her
professional duties
duty of care
the legal obligation of health care workers to
pts & nonpatients.
physicians have a duty of care
-to pts with whom they have established a physician-pt relationship but they may also
be held to duty of care toward ppl who are not pts
-such as the pts family members, former pts, & office personnel
depending on state law
physicians may have a duty under standard of care to warn nonpts of danger, in case of
a psychiatric pt who threatens to harm others or in the case of a pt with a communicable
disease
physicians
in general practice is expected to conform to the standards of other general practitioners
in the physicians own or a comparable community
