A patient is treated in the Emergency Room for severe laceration of the foot. The patient is given written instruction by the physician to have the sutures removed in three days, which the patient fails to do. A severe infection ensues resulting in permanent damage to the patient’s foot. The patient sues the surgeon for negligence, and the surgeon uses the ER record to prove __________.

Forms of evidence include __________.

Service of a summons and complaint________.

What legal concept maybe applied when Dr. Smith failed to prescribe the appropriate treatment for a patient that would have been prescribed by any other physician in a similar situation treating a patient with a similar condition?

What type of defamation of character occurs when a false communication is made in writing about an individual?

If a lawsuit with the same fact pattern as a previous case is brought to the same court, the legal principle most likely to be followed in determining this case is __________.

A state appellate court will hear a case dealing with an injury to a patient if the attorney appealing the case can prove________.

Whether or not a health record tends to make the existence of any fact more or less probable than it would be without the record refers to __________.

Intentional confinement of an individual against his or her wishes may be legally defensible if __________.

Which of the following occupies the highest hierarchical position?