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Duty of Care
Definition:
Once a doctor or health care professional agrees to diagnose or treat a patient, he or she has assumed a duty of care toward that patient.
Assumption of risk
Definition:
In the law of negligence, as a defense, a defendant's allegation that the injured plaintiff recognized the danger of the plaintiff's course of action but, nonetheless, willingly chose to risk such danger.
Subrogation
Definition:
A process by which a third party is put in the place of a creditor so that the rights and securities of the creditor pass to that third person.
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