Cover of Standard of care

Standard of care

by George J. Annas

1993 291 pages eng

American law, not philosophy or medicine, is the major force shaping American bioethics. This is both because law at its best fosters individual rights, equality, and justice, and because violation of the legal duty or "standard of care" a physician owes a patient can lead to a malpractice suit. Th…

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