More and more people all around the globe are getting aware of the rights, I mean there legal rights. Medical malpractice is not an intentional wrong doings or drugs traffic, or an illegal way of making money. Medical malpractice is actually a legal term. In fact Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that one need to taken if a doctor, Hospital, medical or health care professional deviates from standards or proper procedure of the medicinal treatment in his or her profession, which has finally lead to causing injury to a patient.
Although no doctor or health care professional wants to do any harm to his or her patient, but it has been found out in some of the cases that the minor deviations in properly following the treatment procedure, which happens to be due to negligence or not talking proper care in providing the right treat, or ignoring other aspects or health issues before finally deciding the treatment etc, and as a result of such negligence the patient is injured or hurt or his or her life has gone to danger.
Hence in common law jurisdictions or common law language, medical malpractice liability is normally based on the laws of negligence.
Although the laws of medical malpractice differ significantly between nations, as a broad general rule liability follows when a health care practitioner does not show a fair, reasonable and competent degree of skill when providing medical care to a patient.
