A patient arrives at the private medical office of Dr. Smith, bleeding profusely and in urgent needof medical attention.

Answers:

A.

Dr. Smith has no duty to treat the patient.

B.

Dr. Smith has a duty to treat, as a condition of having been granted a license and the privilege to

practice medicine.

C.

Dr. Smith has a duty to treat, because the patient has an emergency medical condition.

D.

Dr. Smith has a duty to treat, because she had treated the patient for an unrelated condition just a few months earlier.