Discuss your understanding of the captain of the ship doctrine. Captain-of-the-S
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Question
Discuss your understanding of the captain of the ship doctrine.
Captain-of-the-Ship Doctrine is a principle of medical-malpractice law, holding a surgeon liable for the actions of assistants who are under the surgeon's control but who are employees of the hospital, not the surgeon. The surgeon as "the captain of the ship," is directly responsible for an alleged error or act of alleged negligence because he or she controls and directs the actions of those in assistance. This common law doctrine is often used in operating room situations.
Explanation / Answer
First of all you have to understand the simple meaning of “Captain of ship”, a person who hold the whole responsibility of the or crew but he does not own the ship. In the same way we can define the “ Captain of ship doctrine” which is based on medical-malpractice law, in which all employees of hospital are under one person “Surgeon”, who is fully responsible for their actions and if any of the employee do any kind of mistak then that suregeon has to assist that person. It is mostly used in operting room.