Is a medical professional negligent if they fail to use the standard care, knowledge and care that other reasonably careful medical professional would use?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gann v. Schwarzenegger, CASE NO. 1:09-cv-01616-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2010):
Medical professionals are negligent if they fail to use the level of skill, knowledge, and care in diagnosis and treatment that other reasonably careful medical professional would use in the same or similar circumstances. This level of skill, knowledge, and care is sometimes referred to as "the standard of care." Landeros v. Flood, 17 Cal.3d 399, 408
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