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Malpractice |
Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) |
Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences |
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| D002961 |
Civil Rights |
Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003) |
Due Process,Minority Rights,Equal Protection,Legal Rights,Voting Rights,Civil Right,Legal Right,Minority Right,Protection, Equal,Right, Civil,Right, Legal,Right, Minority,Right, Voting,Rights, Civil,Rights, Legal,Rights, Minority,Rights, Voting,Voting Right |
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| D003675 |
Defensive Medicine |
The alterations of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of liability, for the principal purposes of forestalling lawsuits by patients as well as providing good legal defense in the event that such lawsuits are instituted. |
Defensive Practice,Medicine, Defensive,Defensive Practices |
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| D005104 |
Expert Testimony |
Presentation of pertinent data by one with special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject. |
Expert Opinion,Expert Witness,Expert Opinions,Expert Testimonies,Expert Witnesses,Opinion, Expert,Testimony, Expert,Witness, Expert,Witnesses, Expert |
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| D005860 |
Germany, West |
The former Federal Republic of Germany which was reunified with the former German Democratic Republic in 1990. |
Federal Republic of Germany,Germany, Federal Republic of |
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