Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient relationship? - No If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to respond to a call from a patient for treatment? - No Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship? - No How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if there is ongoing treatment? - 30 days written notice; must provide for emergency Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or potential victims of an ill patient? - Yes What is "proximate cause"? - Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit