Texas Jurisprudence

Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient relationship? correct answerNo If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for treatment? correct answerNo Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship? correct answerNo How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment? correct answer30 days written notice; must provide for emergency Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or potential victims of an ill patient? correct answerYes What is "proximate cause"? correct answerProve that negligence caused harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit What are the two components of proximate cause? correct answerCause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability