hospital negligence
Medical facility carelessness
Hospital negligence is the failure of a hospital or its staff to provide the standard of care a patient should reasonably expect, resulting in harm.
It covers errors by doctors, nurses, or technicians, as well as systemic failures like inadequate staffing or faulty equipment: The lawsuit alleged hospital negligence after the wrong medication was administered.
Distinguished from individual malpractice by involving institutional responsibility.
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- medical errorPreventable healthcare mistake
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- legal claimEnforceable entitlement or demand
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
harm · oversight · careless · mistake · misdiagnosis · missed diagnosis · surgery · emergency room · infection · bedsore · wrongful · death · patient · suffering · informed consent · wrongful death · settlement · attorney
- malpracticemalpractice, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, malpractice insurance, malpractice suit
- negligencemedical malpractice, legal malpractice, carelessness, laxity, remissness
- tort lawtort, tort law, duty of care, breach of duty, causation
- medical errorsmedication errors, surgical errors, surgical error, misdiagnosis, medication error
hospital negligencestandard of care
Minimum acceptable professional conduct
due diligence · best practices · patient-centered care · evidence-based practice · compassionate care
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