The standard of care.
The professional standard of care has historically been defined in terms of the practice of reasonable, prudent physicians. In court, physicians are needed in most cases to testify as to what is the standard of practice and to verify the relevance of published materials that may be presented as being descriptive of the standard of care. Proposed standards have been published by many organizations and institutions. The medical literature also serves as a source of information concerning medical practices. Court cases may be decided in a way that suggests that the usual practices of physicians are inadequate.
Fish
R
R
Gibson Community Hospital, Gibson City, IL.
Ehrhardt
M
M
D005104:Expert Testimony; D008318:Malpractice; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000592:standards