BATCH 1 - Terminologies

Question 1

Refers to the commission or omission of an act, pursuant to a duty, that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar circumstances would or would not do, and acting or the nonacting is the proximate cause of injury to another person or to this property.

Answer 1

Professional Negligence

Question 2

Elements of Professional Negligence

Answer 2

1. Existence of a duty on the part of the person charged to use due care under circumstances
2. Failure to meet the standard of due care
3. The foreseeability of harm resulting from failure to meet the standard
4. The fact that the breach of this standard resulted in an injury to the plaintiff

Question 3

Implies the idea of improper or unskillful care of a patient by a nurse

Answer 3

Malpractice

Question 4

Denotes stepping beyond one’s authority with serious consequences

Answer 4

Malpractice

Question 5

An irresistible force, one that is unforeseen or inevitable

Answer 5

The Doctrine of Force Majeure

Question 6

“Let the master answer for the acts of the subordinate”

Answer 6

The Doctrine of Respondeat Superior

Question 7

The lack of ability, legal qualification or fitness to discharge the required duty

Answer 7

Incompetence