Duty of care is:
a. that which protects caregivers from civil liability as a result of their attempts to render emergency care
b. an obligation to conform to a particular standard of conduct toward another
c. obligated , according to the law; legally obliged
d. the level of care that a reasonably prudent healthcare professional would have rendered
ANSWER: b
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