The hospital acts to revoke the clinical privileges of a physician who has repeatedly refused to respond to emergency calls from nursing staff. Under which doctrine is this action advisable?
1. Dual servant
2. Borrowed servant
3. Corporate liability
4. Respondeat superior
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Rationale: Under the doctrine of corporate liability, corporations have a direct duty to the public they serve, ensuring that competent and qualified practitioners deliver quality health care to consumers. Borrowed servant occurs when a person, while under contract to one entity, is "loaned" to another entity who will direct and supervise the details of the person's work. A dual servant is one who can be shown to serve both entities at the same time. Respondeat superior is the common law principle of substituted liability based on a master-servant relationship.
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