What are the elements of a cause of action for medical malpractice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ordaz v. Tate, F078328 (Cal. App. 2020):
Medical providers must exercise that degree of skill, knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and exercised by members of their profession under similar circumstances. (Barris v. County of Los Angeles (1999) 20 Cal.4th 101, 108, fn. 1.) " 'The elements of a cause of action for medical malpractice are: (1) a duty to use such
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