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malpractice

[mal-prak-tis] / mælˈpræk tɪs /


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Patients, their families and lawyers have complained that Kaiser’s private and confidential system of handling medical malpractice complaints is designed to favor the health plan over those bringing the claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The hospital has denied Thurman’s malpractice allegations in a court filing.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Evidence commonly used to support a malpractice claim includes emails and other written communications, court records, billing records, the attorney’s case file and expert testimony from another lawyer, Kassab adds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

The more potent indictment centers on strategic malpractice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

What comes up again and again in malpractice cases is that patients say they were rushed or ignored or treated poorly.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

However, the protesters say they will not call off demonstrations until India's premier investigative agency begins probing alleged malpractices in other recruitment exams.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In October 2025, Seoul apologised for the first time for state-sanctioned malpractices, saying "unjust human rights violations" were committed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

There was one rural hospital, the site of various malpractices.

From Salon ● May 3, 2022

“We found exactly the same malpractices in exactly the same districts in 2018 as we did the year before,” Klimek says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2018

This in itself, however, is not enough to check malpractices or safeguard the cultivators.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan


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