Medical>Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider which deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and which causes injury to the patient. In the United States and other countries, a specific medical malpractice law has developed. In English law, the issue of liability is a subset of professional negligence where, under the Bolam Test, a doctor will be liable unless shown to have acted in accordance with a reasonable body of medical opinion. In Australia, this test has been replaced but the principles are comparable. In recent years doctors have blamed these types of lawsuits for large rate increases in medical malpractice insurance, resulting in calls from some groups for tort reform.
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