maltreatment
Definition
Wrong or improper diagnosis, prognosis, and/or medical care by a health professional (doctor, surgeon, nurse) or hospital, due to incompetence, negligence, or willfulness.
maltreatment is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
maltreatment appears in the definition of the following term: abuse
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