medical malpractice

standard of care established by law for
             his/her conduct; (c) the plaintiff must suffer loss or injury as a
             result of this breach; (d) the conduct of the defendant must be the
             "proximate cause" of the plaintiff's loss or injury. ( Picard, Ellen I. p.
             29) In the case of Adderly v. Bremner (Picard, Ellen I. p. 461) the
             defendant physician was negligent in not changing the syringes to
             vaccinate 38 patients and instead used one needle for every two patients.
             As a consequence, the plaintiff was infected with septicemia (blood
             poisoning). This doctor failed to give the required standard of care.
             Any reasonable doctor would have in fact changed the syringe after each
             patient and would have foreseen the consequences for not changing them.
             According to the case the doctor did not follow instructions accompanying
             the vaccine, stressing the fact that a sterile needle and syringe were to
             be used for each patient. This case is a perfect exampl
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