Standard Care, Standards for Care, or Standard of Care?

Standard care, standards for care, or standard of care?

WHEN does a physician’s medical care qualify as “standard?” Is the standard set by scientific evidence, by what physicians typically do, by what physicians regard as minimally acceptable in the same or similar circumstance, or by what panels of experts believe to be best practice? In this issue of the journal, Benzon et al. present evidence that calls into question a recommendation contained in...

Standard-of-care testimony: best practices or reasonable care?

The standard of care is a mixed question of law and fact in which the factfinder is asked to determine what society is entitled to expect of a physician acting under certain specific circumstances. States frame this determination through case law and statutes. The precise definition of the standard of care varies from one state to another. The exact language is applied to case-specific facts, t...

Endodontic standard of care.

Standards of care and standard form contracts: distinguishing patient rights and consumer rights in managed care.

Standard of Care in Periodontology

The discipline of Periodontology deals with the development, anatomy, structure, and function of the various soft and hard tissues of the periodontium in health and disease, i.e., gingiva, periodontal ligament, root cementum, and alveolar bone proper. It concerns diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the various diseases and conditions affecting the periodontal tissues. There are close relati...