What standard of care has been applied in medical malpractice cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Safari v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., A134619 (Cal. App. 2012):
hearing panel did not use the standard of care used in medical malpractice cases, which is that the physician must exercise that " 'degree of skill, knowledge and care ordinarily possessed and exercised by members of [his] profession under similar circumstances.' " (Barris v. County of Los Angeles (1999) 20 Cal.4th 101, 108, fn. 1.)
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