Look up: malpractice

1. malpractice
   [n] - professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage 2. [n] - a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do
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2. malpractice
   In law, negligence by a professional person, usually a doctor, that may lead to an action for damages by the client. ...
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3. Malpractice
   Mal·prac'tice noun [ Mal- + practice .] 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 pr...
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4. 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. ... Alternative forms: malepractice. ... Origin: Mal- + practice. ...
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5. malpractice
   noun a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; `he charged them with electoral malpractices`
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6. malpractice
   (mal-prak´tis) any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional duties, or illegal or immoral conduct. Malpractice is one form of negligence, which in legal terms can be defined as the omission to do something that a reasonable person, guided by those ordinary considerations whic...
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7. Malpractice
   • (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.
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8. malpractice
   (from the article `health law`) Malpractice, or professional negligence, is the failure of a health care provider (for example, a physician, dentist, nurse, or pharmacist) to ...
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9. malpractice
   malpractice 1. Improper treatment or culpable neglect of a patient by the physician. 2. Illegal action by which a person seeks to benefit himself at the cost of others, while in a position of trust.
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10. MALPRACTICE
    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 ...
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11. malpractice
    malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services. Though accountants, lawyers, and other professionals can be charged with malpract...
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12. Malpractice
    (n) Malpractice is engaging in some activities or involving in some procedure which are not normally expected from them as a prudent and professionally accepted method. The person doing malpractice is liable for damages. Eg. the attorney pass on the secrete information to the opposite advocate amounts to a malpractice
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13. malpractice
    n. An act or continuing conduct of a professional which does not meet the standard of professional competence and results in provable damages to his/her client or patient. Such an error or omission may be through negligence, ignorance (when the professional should have known), or intentional wrongdo...
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14. malpractice
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mal-prak′tis Definitions: 1. Mistreatment of a patient through ignorance, carelessness, neglect, or criminal intent.
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15. malpractice
    In law, negligence by a professional person, usually a doctor, that may lead to an action for damages by the client
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16. Malpractice
    In law, `malpractice` is a type of negligence in, which the professional under a duty to act, fails to follow generally accepted professional standards, and that breach of duty is the proximate cause of injury to a plaintiff who suffers harm. It is committed by a professional or her/his subordinates...
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17. Malpractice
    (disambiguation) `Malpractice`, type of tort in which the misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance of a professional, under a duty to act, fails to follow generally accepted professional standards, and that breach of duty is the proximate cause of injury to a plaintiff who suffers damages. `Malpractice` may also refer to:
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18. Malpractice
    (Redman album) `Malpractice` is the fifth studio album by rapper Redman. It reached #4 on The Billboard 200 and was certified `Gold` by the RIAA on July 21, 2001. It boasted two singles "Let`s Get Dirty (I Can`t Get In Da Club)" and "Smash Sumthin`". Track listing: ...
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19. Malpractice
    (short story) `"Malpractice"` is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror. Card originally published this story in the November 1977 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. This short story was later expand...
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20. Malpractice
    (film) `Malpractice` is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Bill Bennett. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">--> Cast: References: External links:
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