"a competent client in a long-term care facility refuses to take oral diuretic medication. the nurse informs the client that if the medication isn’t taken, restraints will be applied, and the medication will be given by injection. which legal tort best describes this nurse’s statement? "

The theory of vicarious liability or ostensible agency can expose a health plan to the risk thatit could be held liable for the acts of independent contractors. factors that may give rise to theassumption that an agency relationship exists between a health plan and its independentcontractors include