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The measure to be applied, in a malpractice suit, to the actions of the health care professional in order to determine if the professional was negligent. The rule for determining the standard varies from state to state, but it can be generally stated that the standard of care for health care professionals is to exercise that degree of care and skill practiced by other professionals of similar skill and training (and, in some states, in the same geographic locality) under similar circumstances.<\/p>\n

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The measure to be applied, in a malpractice suit, to the actions of the health care professional in order to determine if the professional was negligent. The rule for determining the standard varies from state to state, but it can be generally stated that the standard of care for health care professionals is to exercise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\nStandard of care legal - Definition of Standard of care legal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The measure to be applied, in a malpractice suit, to the actions of the health care professional in order to determine if the professional was negligent. 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