A physician working in an emergency room is obligated to treat all the patients who come through the door. This is an example of which of the following concepts?
A. standard of care
B. duty of care
C. reasonable person standard
D. reasonable person care
E. performance standard
B. duty of care
Duty of care is the obligation of health care workers to patients, and in some cases, non-patients. Physicians have a duty of care to patients with whom they have established a doctor–patient relationship, or in the case above been hired to treat. Standard of care refers to the level of performance expected of a health care practitioner in carrying out his or her professional duties. The reasonable person standard or care means the physician or other provider may be charged with negligence if someone is injured because he or she failed to perform an act that a reasonable person, in similar circumstances, would perform.
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