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Improper professional conduct
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malpractice
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Word definitions for malpractice in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, hybrid coined from mal- + practice (n.). Also used in law for "illegal action by which a person seeks a benefit for himself while in a position of trust" (1758).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE medical ▪ The Supreme Court had previously left intact legislation aimed at limiting medical malpractice awards in California and Idaho. ▪ He practiced law in a large mid-western city and specialized in the defense ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the law of torts , malpractice is an "instance of negligence or incompetence on the part of a professional ". Types include: medical malpractice ("A doctor 's failure to exercise the degree of care and skill that a physician or surgeon of the same medical ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice" a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"
Usage examples of malpractice.
Federal prison, gives them something to do to keep them from killing each other, you expect Sam to handle these appeals with a malpractice suit waiting for him at the end of the road?
I mean these malpractice suits springing up like weeds I mean you standing right there talking Oscar out of bringing a malpractice suit worried about Sam, about our friend Sam and this whole revolting self regulating conspiracy is that when he did it?
In the late nineties, malpractice suits were becoming a standard occupational hazard for psychologists.
The subtitle of the article noted the malpractice and sexual abuse charges in thick black letters.
Her speech had been coherent and informative, and she had answered questions from the audience-half of whom had been involved in malpractice suits-with an ease that showed the depth of her knowledge.
The reporters all wanted to know if the burglary was related to the malpractice suit.
After the disastrous death of Patty Owen, the malpractice summons had arrived in short order.
He thought that issue would be better resolved after the conclusion of the malpractice litigation.
The malpractice plaintiff attorney was a young, aggressive fellow named Matthew Davidson from a firm in St.
It had happened through the course of his own testimony in the early stages of the initial civil malpractice trial.
Randolph was talking to him, reminding him that thejudge of the malpractice case should never have allowed the question of his drug problem to stand.
What kind of care could people come to expect from doctors who were forced to work in the current malpractice milieu and who had to restrain their best instincts and second-guess their every step?
The malpractice stuff had been more than enough to seriously disrupt and alter his life, but this criminal nonsense was a quantum leap worse, like throwing salt into a mortal wound.
I really think that where malpractice is concerned, doctors need to be as diligent in guarding their selfesteem as thef are in preparing their court cases.
Then he realized the explanation had to have been the unfortunate fact that all four had resulted in malpractice litigation.