What is Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider–a doctor, nurse, dentist, technician, hospital or hospital worker–whose performance of duties departs from a standard of practice of those with similar training and experience, resulting in harm to a patient or patients. The profession itself sets the standard for malpractice by its own custom and practice.
Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider, such as a doctor, nurse, dentist, technician, hospital worker or hospital, whose treatment of a patient departs from a standard of care met by those with similar training and experience, resulting in harm to a patient.
Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider whose performance of duties deviates from a standard of practice of those with similar training and experience, resulting in harm to a patient or patients. Medical malpractice cases are often based on the concept that the patient was harmed because the health care provider failed to meet the required standards of skill and care, in accordance with generally accepted standards. Medical malpractice actions may be brought against doctors, nurses, dentist, technicians, hospitals, or hospital workers. Instances of malpractice might include surgical errors, misdiagnosis, failure to follow testing procedures, failure to disclose risks, or prescribing prescription drugs not suited to the patient’s condition.
