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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