title: Has the 'captain of the ship' been relieved of command?
abstract: Courts have divided on the applicability of a legal doctrine that makes the surgeon liable for the acts of everyone in the operating room.
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States