What is the standard of care of a doctor in a medical malpractice case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gortarez v. Queiroz, F061633, Super. Ct. No. S-1500-CV-268246 (Cal. App. 2012):
Generally, expert testimony is required to establish the standard of care in a medical field. (Scott v. Rayhrer (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1535, 1542-1543.) "'The standard of care in a medical malpractice case requires that medical service providers exercise that ... degree of skill, knowledge and care ordinarily possessed and exercised by members of their profession under similar circumstances. The standard of care against which the acts of a medical practitioner are to be measured is a matter peculiarly within
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