[Oradlist] Standard of care

[Friedland, Bernard]

The standard of care is VERY rarely determined by legal precedent.  The standard of care is determined by what the "average qualified practitioner" does. As such, the standard of care is determined by the profession and not "the law." For an example of the rare case in which the court determined what the standard of care ought to be, see Helling v. Carey, 83 Wash. 2d 514, 519 P.2d 981 (1974).

Bernard Friedland, B.Ch.D., MSc., J.D.
Department of Oral Medicine Infection & Immunity
Harvard School of Denatl Medicine
188 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617-432-4295
Fax: 617-432-2463
bernard_friedland at hms.harvard.edu
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From: oradlist-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [oradlist-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Benson, Byron [BBenson at bcd.tamhsc.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [Oradlist] Standard of care

Muy understanding is that "Standard of Care" is typically determined by legal precedent and commonly lags as much as 10 years behind "state of the art".

Pete Benson

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From: oradlist-bounces at lists.ucla.edu on behalf of Dania Tamimi
Sent: Fri 11/14/2008 3:21 PM
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Subject: [Oradlist] Standard of care

Hello,

How does something become "standard of care?" I am so sick of receiving completely edentulous arches for implant analysis without a radiographic template/stent!

Dania

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