Which Legal Doctrine Would Be MOST Applicable in a Case

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found not liable?

• A) captain of the ship doctrine
• B) doctrine of borrowed servant
• C) doctrine of corporate negligence
• D) primum non nocere

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Definitions:

Homo Sapiens Idaltu

An extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens that lived around 160,000 years ago, discovered in Herto, Ethiopia, considered one of the early forms of anatomically modern humans.

Denisovans

An extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans known from DNA evidence and a few archaeological remains, suggesting they once lived in Asia.

Bipedalism

The capability of bipedal locomotion, specifically walking on two legs, which is a trait of humans and their forebears.

Robust Australopithecines

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