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Which would be an example of medical malpractice?(1 point)The obstetrician delivers a boy instead of a girl as the family had wanted.The obstetrician gives the mother an epidural, but she still feels pain giving birth.The obstetrician answers an emergency call even though he has been drinking alcohol and may have impaired judgement.The obstetrician has two patients in labor at the same time and attends to both.
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The obstetrician answers an emergency call even though he has been drinking alcohol and may have impaired judgment.
Reason: medical malpractice requires a duty, a breach of that duty (providing care while impaired), and harm caused by that breach. The other scenarios are not necessarily negligent (undesired sex outcome, ineffective epidural, or attending two patients at once may be appropriate).
Reason: medical malpractice requires a duty, a breach of that duty (providing care while impaired), and harm caused by that breach. The other scenarios are not necessarily negligent (undesired sex outcome, ineffective epidural, or attending two patients at once may be appropriate).
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