malpractice litigation

collocation in English

meaningsofmalpracticeandlitigation

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malpractice
noun[U]
uk
/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/us
/ˌmælˈpræk.tɪs/
failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job, often causing injury ...
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litigation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌlɪt.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌlɪt̬.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can ...
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(Definition ofmalpracticeandlitigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Additionally,malpracticelitigationis mitigated through the development of close physician-patient relationships.
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Specifically, the authors call for federal preemption of state health insurance regulation and caps on damages for pain and suffering and other non-compensatory damages inmalpracticelitigation.
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Malpracticelitigationhas also affected physician adherence as some malpractice insurers have required physicians to comply with guidelines (7).
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We begin with a somewhat unconventional - but increasingly accepted - analysis of medicalmalpracticelitigation, most specifically about the motivations of patients and patients' families who bring medical malpractice claims.
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It is difficult to see how the threat ofmalpracticelitigationcould result in the professional using less care than he would otherwise exercise.
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The question may be asked whethermalpracticelitigationhas improved the quality of medical and dental care.
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The overhead costs ofmalpracticelitigationare exorbitant.
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This also drastically reduces the costs imposed on physicians and hospitals bymalpracticelitigation.
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States have enacted such laws in order to keep health care costs low, in addition to helping curb medicalmalpracticelitigation.
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Willingness to disclose errors was associated with higher training level and a variety of patient-centered attitudes, and it was not lessened by previous exposure tomalpracticelitigation.
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