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Standard of Care: Nurse-Midwives Held to a Reasonably Prudent Standard— Ali v. Community Health Care Plan, Inc.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

Abstract

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Recent Developments in Health Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2002

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References

1 801 A.2d 775 (Conn. 2002).

2 Id. at 776.

3 Id.

4 Id. at 780 n.7 (emphasis in original).

5 CONN. GEN. STAT. § 52-184c(a) (2002).

6 Ali, 801 A.2d at 778.

7 Id. at 781.

8 Id.

9 Id. at 782. The court left an open question as to what standard of care would apply to a nonphysician healthcare provider under a physician's supervision. Id.