In light of the technological and scientific advancements witnessed by the medical profession and the accompanying complexity within healthcare institutions, physicians' responsibilities have become more complex. Given the medical profession's connection to human life and physical safety, this requires practitioners to exercise a degree of precision and care in their work. Therefore, physicians' responsibilities are not limited to their personal actions alone, but may extend to include the physician's responsibility for others associated with them within the medical team, such as physician assistants or nursing staff, as well as for damages resulting from medical instruments and equipment used during treatment or surgical intervention. This responsibility raises numerous issues, particularly regarding the physician's commitment to ensuring patient safety and the limits of their liability for the actions of others or for items under their supervision. Hence, the importance of studying the basis of physician liability for the actions and actions of others becomes apparent, in order to establish the legal and judicial foundations upon which physician liability is based. This is to achieve a balance between protecting the patient and not burdening the physician with more than their actual capacity or duties
Alwan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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