"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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| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malpractice" by people in Profiles.
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Reply to Letter to the Editor: The Current State of Urologic Malpractice in Spain. Urology. 2015 Oct; 86(4):846-7.
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The Current State of Medical Malpractice in Urology. Urology. 2015 Jul; 86(1):2-9.
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Defensive medicine in neurosurgery: does state-level liability risk matter? Neurosurgery. 2015 Feb; 76(2):105-13; discussion 113-4.
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Pharmaceutical ethics and physician liability in Side Effects. J Med Humanit. 2013 Dec; 34(4):497-503.
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Practice parameter for child and adolescent forensic evaluations. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Dec; 50(12):1299-312.
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Urological malpractice: analysis of indemnity and claim data from 1985 to 2007. J Urol. 2010 Sep; 184(3):1086-90; quiz 1235.
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The use of patient satisfaction surveys and alternative coding procedures to predict malpractice risk. Med Care. 2009 May; 47(5):553-9.
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Medical malpractice liability in clinical urology: a survey of practicing urologists. J Urol. 2006 May; 175(5):1847-51.
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Re: Impact of malpractice caps on use and outcomes of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: data from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program. J Urol. 2006 Jan; 175(1):393-4; author reply 394.