Abstract
Since before the founding of the Republic, American medicine has been fighting a war to control the standard of care that physicians are expected to provide to their patients. It has waged battles on two fronts: against internal disagreements within the profession over what constitutes proper care, and against attempts to delineate the standard of care by forces outside the profession, such as private health insurers, the government, and the judicial system.
Keywords
Health Law, Medicine, Standard of Care
Publication Date
2012
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Arizona State Law Journal
Publication Information
Professional Power and the Standard of Care in Medicine
Repository Citation
Mehlman, Maxwell J., "Professional Power and the Standard of Care in Medicine" (2012). Faculty Publications. 574.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/574
Comments
44 Arizona State Law Journal 1165 (2012)