The hospital's fiduciary duty to its medical staff.
California courts have recognized that hospitals have a fiduciary duty when dealing with medical staff privileges. This article discusses the rationale for requiring this higher standard of conduct in privileging decisions, noting the importance to the physicians of medical staff privileges and the fact that medical services are a matter of significant public interest.
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