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Practice question: Medical Negligence and Malpractice

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which elements must be established in a medical-negligence claim under Que?
  1. Only an unhappy patient and an invoice.
  2. Only that treatment occurred inside a hospital.
  3. Only that the physician earned a fee.
  4. Duty, breach, injury, and proximate causation.
  5. Only a later doctor’s preference for another treatment.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_268308_2025.html — Que v Philippine Heart Center, GR 268308, April 2 2025, MAIN decision: duty, breach, injury, proximate causation, and expert proof.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_246489_2024.html — Spouses Nuñez v Daz, GR 246489, January 29 2024, main opinion: expert evidence and qualified res ipsa loquitur.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_250919_2021.html — Supreme Court GR 250919, November 2021, main opinion: technical standards, defense-expert evidence qualification, and exceptional res ipsa loquitur.

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