BIOMEDICAL DEBATE HOSA 2023 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Medical Malpractice law derives from - CORRECT ANSWER English common law, and was developed by rulings in various state courts. What must happen in order for the surgeon to be held accountable? - CORRECT ANSWER The injured patient must show that the physican acted negligently in rendering care, and that negligence resulted in an injury List the four things that must be proven for a law suit - CORRECT ANSWER (1) a professional duty owed to the patient (2) breach of such duty (3) injury caused by the breach (4) resulting damages Writings on medical responsibility can be traced back to 2030 BC, when- - CORRECT ANSWER the Code of Hammurabi provided that "If the doctor has treated a gentlemen with a lancet of bronze and has caused the gentleman to die, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with a bronze lancet, and has caused the loss of the gentleman's eye, one shall cut off his hands what was medical recognized incorrectly by - CORRECT ANSWER roman law