"Malpractice" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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)
| Descriptor ID |
D008318
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.583.524 N03.706.535.606
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malpractice" by people in Profiles.
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Systems safety in nonoperating room anesthesia locations. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2022 Aug 01; 35(4):502-507.
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Effect of clinical decision rules, patient cost and malpractice information on clinician brain CT image ordering: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018 03 12; 18(1):20.
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Environmental market factors associated with physician career satisfaction. J Healthc Manag. 2012 Sep-Oct; 57(5):307-22; discussion 323-4.
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A survey of emergency physicians' fear of malpractice and its association with the decision to order computed tomography scans for children with minor head trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Mar; 27(3):182-5.
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Twenty more ERCP lawsuits: why? Poor indications and communications. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Oct; 72(4):904.
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Professional liability insurance. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2009 Nov; 27(4):569-81, vii.
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Patient safety: Part I. Patient safety and the dermatologist. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Aug; 61(2):179-90; quiz 191.
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Who do we blame when it all goes wrong? Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Feb; 18(1):3-4.
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Commentary: core competencies and the training of psychiatric residents in therapeutic risk management. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2009; 37(2):165-7.
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Analysis of 59 ERCP lawsuits; mainly about indications. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Mar; 63(3):378-82; quiz 464.