{"id":434,"date":"2014-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-is-a-doctors-duty-and-why-it-is-important-to-patients\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:31","slug":"what-is-a-doctors-duty-and-why-it-is-important-to-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-is-a-doctors-duty-and-why-it-is-important-to-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a doctor’s duty and why it is important to patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have written many posts on the different types of damages an injured patient may seek in a medical malpractice case. However, we have not touched upon the different elements in such cases that lead to successful claims. Before a medical malpractice suit may be commenced, a physician (or hospital staff member) must owe a duty to a patient<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What exactly is a duty? Essentially a doctor must carry an affirmative responsibility to care for a patient before his actions (and competency) may be judged in a medical malpractice case. This comes by a patient either being assigned to doctor or by a patient seeking out a physician for a particular procedure or an examination.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Keep in mind that this is different from a doctor who sees a stranger in distress in a restaurant. In these situations, a doctor is under no legal duty to act (even though it would be a good and kind gesture to do so). Conversely, once a doctor decides to examine or advise a patient (whether assigned or sought out) a duty attaches.<\/p>\n

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We have written many posts on the different types of damages an injured patient may seek in a medical malpractice case. However, we have not touched upon the different elements in such cases that lead to successful claims. 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