Voltar
Editorial Revisado por pares
BIBTEX RIS

The changing standard of care

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 143; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0190

ISSN

1943-4723

Autores

Richard Niederman, Derek Richards, W. Brands,

Tópico(s)

Healthcare Policy and Management

Resumo

Traditionally, the standard of care has been defined by general acceptance among local experts—a principle called the locality rule 1 Lewis MH Gohagan JK Merenstein DJ The locality rule and the physician's dilemma: local medical practices vs the national standard of care. JAMA. 2007; 297: 2633-2637 Crossref PubMed Scopus (44) Google Scholar or the Frye rule (after Frye v United States, 1923 2 Frye v United States 293 Fed. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). Google Scholar ). This is the current standard of care, as articulated by authors such as Graskemper. 3 Graskemper JP The standard of care in dentistry: where did it come from? How has it evolved?. JADA. 2004; 135: 1449-1455 PubMed Google Scholar

Referência(s)