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Captain of the Ship Doctrine |
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Captain of the Ship Doctrine An adaptation from the ‘borrowed servant rules’, as applied to an operating room, which arose in McConnell v .Williams—Pennsylvania, 1949—holding the person in charge—e.g., a surgeon—responsible for all those under his supervision, regardless of whether the ‘captain’ is directly responsible for an alleged error or act of alleged negligence, and despite the assistants’ positions as hospital employees
captain of the ship doctrine Medical malpractice An adaptation from the 'borrowed servant rules', as applied to an operating room, which arose in McConnell v Williams, holding the person in charge–eg, a surgeon
responsible for all under his supervision, regardless of whether the 'captain' is directly responsible for an alleged error or act of alleged negligence, and despite the assistants' positions as hospital employees. Cf
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