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...

Background & aim: Maternal satisfaction of health services is an inherent element of healthcare policies, and quality of midwifery care essentially influences this parameter. This study aimed to evaluate maternal satisfaction of postpartum care and its association with midwifery care at the urban health centers of Mashhad, Iran in 2012. Methods:This descriptive, cross sectional study was conduc...

a survey was made to determine the knowledge of nurses working in coronary care units regarding assessing paint and rendering nursing care to clients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals affiliated with the ministry of health services and medical education (tehran, 1995).   a total of 120 nurses working in coronary care units were selected randomly to participate in this study. the too...

In this paper, we examine the levels of care which would be chosen by a monopolistic manufacturer and competitive retailer, when both the manufacturer and retailer can affect the probability of an accident and when the manufacturer cannot observe ex ante the care chosen by the retailer. We show that if retailer bankruptcy is not possible, retailer liability is superior to manufacturer liability...