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Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient
relationship?
No
If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to
respond to a call from a patient for treatment?
No
Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship?
No
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if
there is ongoing treatment?
30 days written notice; must provide for emergency
Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or potential victims of an ill
patient?
Yes
What is "proximate cause"?
Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is
required to hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit
What are the two components of proximate cause?
Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
Does an expert witness have to be actively practicing medicine?
Yes
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