Malpractice occurs when healthcare provider fails to adhere to an appropriate standard of care, and the failure is substantial factor in causing harm to the patient. For example, cancer might be the factor that ultimately causes patient’s death, but the failure to make timely diagnosis of cancer can shorten patient’s lifespan and is substantial factor in causing harm to the patient. Given the number of additional patients who are harmed by medical malpractice that occurs outside of hospital environment, it is easy to understand why the study’s authors referred to medical malpractice as an “epidemic.
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