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Basic medical legal principles.

J Martello
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A contract exists, either expressed or implied, between the physician and the patient. If a duty of care was owed by the physician to the patient and the standard of care was violated, resulting in the patients' injury, then the damages, injury, or loss the patient suffered can be compensated. This article reviews the elements of a medical malpractice claim and the factors that may lead to such a claim.

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J Martello. 1999. Basic medical legal principles.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10063443/

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