Standard of care definitions

standard of care

n. the watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would exercise. If a person's actions do not meet this standard of care, then his/her acts fail to meet the duty of care which all people (supposedly) have toward others. Failure to meet the standard is negligence, and any damages resulting therefrom ...
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standard of care

In medicine, treatment that experts agree is appropriate, accepted, and widely used. Health care providers are obligated to provide patients with the standard of care. Also called best practice and standard therapy.
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Standard of Care

A diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient, illness, or clinical circumstance.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20102

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Standard Of Care

(n) Standard of care is the attention, caution or prudence expected from an average person , subjected to such circumstances, would have taken to safeguard his interest when his interest and safety are subjected to risk by such events. For example a person is expected to take his wounded mother to hospital immediately if he finds her subjected to a...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21213

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Standard of Care

Degree of care an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent person would exercise in given circumstances
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21468

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standard of care

the level of care that all persons with a particular illness should receive; the level below which care would be considered substandard.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22225

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Standard Of Care

The degree of care a reasonable person would take to prevent an injury to another.
Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/s063.htm

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Standard of care

Standard of care: 1. A diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient, illness, or clinical circumstance. Adjuvant chemotherapy for lung cancer is 'a new standard of care, but not necessarily the only standard of care.' (New England Journal of Medicine, 2004) 2. In legal terms, the level at which the a...
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Standard Of Care

The degree of care (watchfulness, attention, caution, and prudence) that a reasonable person should exercise under the circumstances. If a person does not meet the standard of care, he or she may be liable to a third party for negligence.
Found on http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/standard-of-care-term.html

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standard of care

A diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient, illness or clinical circumstance.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22557

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