Standards of care exist for a number of reasons. What is their most basic purpose?
1. To protect health care providers and prevent their giving less than quality care
2. To protect and safeguard the public as a whole
3. To ensure administrative agencies are protected from frivolous lawsuits
4. To ensure that all patients receive state-of-the-art care
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Rationale: The standards are meant to protect the public from receiving varying degrees of quality of care. They are not meant to protect providers or administrative agencies, or to ensure the provision of state-of-the-art care.
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