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negligence or incompetence on behalf of an individual, usually applied to professionals, such as attorneys or physicians.
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The negligent performance of responsibilities by a professional person which results in injury or damage to his/her patient.
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Professional wrongdoing or unreasonable lack of skill which is normally applied by a careful member of a given profession with the result of injury, loss or damage to the recipient of those services. Doctors, lawyers, and accountants usually use this term to describe misconduct.
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| malpractice |
Improper care, conduct, or treatment by a physician, hospital, or other provider of health care.
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| malpractice |
Professional negligence: An abrogation of a duty owed by a health care provider to the patient; the failure to exercise the degree of care used by reasonably careful practitioners of like qualifications in the same or similar circumstances. For a plaintiff to collect damages in a court of law, the plaintiff's attorney must show that the provider owed the patient a duty and that the provider's violation of the standards of practice caused the patient's injury.
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