How does the standard of care of a neurosurgeon differ from the standard of care of a general practitioner?
What will be an ideal response?
Specialists are held to a higher standard of care than generalists. They must adhere to the standard of the "reasonably careful and prudent specialist" in that field. Therefore, a neurosurgeon is held to the standard of care of the average neurosurgeon rather than the average physician. As a result, a specialist may be found negligent in a situation in which a general practitioner doing the same thing might not.
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