What are the 4 D's of negligence?

Dereliction of a Duty Directly causing Damages. The 4 D's are:

(1)Duty=responsibility established by physician-patient relationship.

(2)Dereliction or Neglect of Duty=physician's failure to act as any ordinary and prudent physician (a peer) would act in a similar circumstance (standard of care).

(3)Direct or Proximate Cause= the continuous sequence of events, unbroken by any intervening cause, that produces an injury and without which the injury would not have occurred.

(4)Damages=refer to any injuries caused by the defendant (physician).