A physician is said to have been ____ if a patient shows that the physician failed to comply with the standards of the profession. 

A. liable
B. in breach of contract
C. derelict
D. in arbitration
E. injured


C. derelict
A physician who fails to comply with the standards of the profession is considered to be derelict.

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