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A patient is claiming damages for negligence from a doctor. It is alleged that the doctor negligently failed to recognise the symptoms of the disease the patient was suffering from and therefore made the wrong diagnosis and prescribed inappropriate medication.
Which of the following statements best describes the standard of care that the doctor should have exercised in this case?
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The standard of care in medical negligence cases is based on the Bolam test, which states that a doctor is not negligent if they act in accordance with a practice accepted as proper by a responsible body of medical opinion, even if other doctors might disagree. Therefore, the doctor must act in a manner acceptable according to the standards of a rational and responsible body of practitioners.
Key Point: The Bolam test establishes that a doctor is not negligent if their actions are in line with a responsible body of medical opinion, even if other doctors might have acted differently.
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