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professional liability, the legal obligation of health care professionals or their insurers to compensate patients for injury or suffering caused by acts of omission or commission by the professionals. Professional liability is a better characterization of the responsibility of all professionals to their patients than is the concept of malpractice, but the idea of professional liability is central to malpractice. professional liability The obligation that a professional practitioner has to provide care or service that meets the standard of practice for his/her profession–ie, reponsibility; when a professional fails to provide the standard of
practice, liability refers to the obligation to pay for damages incurred by negligent acts. See Liability, Malpractice. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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