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Definition of Malpractice

1. Noun. Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage. "The widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

2. Noun. A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct. "He charged them with electoral malpractices"

Definition of Malpractice

1. n. Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.

Definition of Malpractice

1. Noun. the improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss ¹

2. Noun. improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malpractice

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Malpractice

1. Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. Alternative forms: malepractice. Origin: Mal- + practice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malpractice

malpighian nodules malpighian pyramid malpighian rete malpighian stigmas malpighian stratum malpighian tubule malpighian tubules malpighian tuft malpighian vesicles malpighias

malpitte malposed malposed tooth malposition malpositions malpractice (current term) malpractice insurance malpractices malpractitioner malpresentation

malrotated ear malrotation malrotation / midgut volvulus malrotation of the intestine mals malshapen malstick malsticks malt malt-worker's lung

Literary usage of Malpractice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Men and the Law by Hugh Emmett Culbertson (1913)
"malpractice is the negligent performance by a physician of the duties which are ... Ethical malpractice" is that kind of malpractice in which persons ..."

2. Health Security: The President's Report to the American People by Domestic Policy Council (U. S.) (1993)
"For unscrupulous medical companies and laboratories, responsibility means an end to fraudulent MEDICAL malpractice Responsibility means bringing common ..."

3. Legal Medicine by Gilbert Holland Stewart (1910)
"Preparation for and defense malpractice. of malpractice suits. 87. ... Definition and kinds of malpractice.—One of the lions in the pathway of a physican, ..."

4. Virginia Law Books: Essays and Bibliographies by William Hamilton Bryson (2000)
"Medical malpractice Review Panels In 1976, the General Assembly created the medical malpractice review panels to review malpractice claims against health ..."

5. The Law of Pleading in Civil Actions and Defenses Under the Code: Also by Edgar Benton Kinkead (1898)
"Petition for malpractice in wrongfully diagnosing disease. ... malpractice—Statutory penalty.—A statutory penalty is prescribed for practicing medicine or ..."

6. Medical Jurisprudence: A Statement of the Law of Forensic Medicine by Elmer De Witt Brothers (1914)
"In defense of an action for malpractice, the practitioner is entitled to show by expert evidence that the treatment given was such as a practitioner of ..."

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