To be classified as appropriate healthcare, the care given to a patient …show more content…
However, it is a principle which is also used in law to define the obligations of practitioners and to provide them with guidelines of legal responsibility which it is necessary to follow. By consenting to treatment by a practitioner, a person is able to assume the treatment will be undertaken with a duty of care and under appropriate health care standards. If the duty of care is not met, a breach has occurred and the patient may wish to take legal action if an injury, loss of property or loss of income has resulted from the