professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice
If you accuse someone of malpractice, you are accusing them of breaking the law or the rules of their profession in order to gain some advantage for themselves. There were only one or two serious allegations of malpractice. alleged financial malpractices. when a professional person makes a mistake or does not do their job properly and can be punished by a court. Negligence, misconduct, lack of ordinary skill, or breach of duty in the performance of a professional service (e.g., in medicine) that results in injury or loss. The plaintiff must usually demonstrate a failure by the professional to perform according to the field's accepted standards. Physicians, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals have increasingly been subject to malpractice suits in the U.S., causing a dramatic increase in malpractice insurance rates
Professional misconduct or lack of ordinary skill in the performance of a professional act which renders the practitioner liable to suit for damages (LA)
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
{i} unethical or improper professional conduct, professional negligence, professional misconduct (Law); negligence, misconduct
Professional misconduct, negligence or lack of ordinary skill in the performance of a professional act Such action renders a person liable to suit for damages
A misconduct, lack of skill or unreasonable mistake in a professional capacity, usually applied to doctors, lawyers, or accountants
A generic term describing negligence in the delivery of professional services involving such professions as physicians, lawyers or accountants
Improper care or treatment by a physician, hospital, or other provider of health care
Professional misconduct or lack of ordinary skill in the performance of a professional act Malpractice liability covers performance of a professional act Coverage for malpractice liability is excluded by most public liability policies because it is considered a specialized form of insurance
professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"
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
A performance by a professional which is deficient in skill from what might ordinarily be expected of a professional person The standard of performance to which a professional person will be held is necessarily higher than the standard which an unskilled person would be expected to display
a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices" professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice