What does doctors malpractice mean?
In general, malpractice is any professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in the performance of professional or fiduciary duties. Malpractice can be negligence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty, or fraud.
Medical malpractice:
Medical malpractice is a civil wrong (specifically a tort) in which a doctor or other health care professional, through a negligent or wrongful act or omission, causes injury or damage to a patient. For there to be medical malpractice, there must have been a doctor-patient relationship, the health care professional must have acted negligently or wrongfully, and the negligence or wrongful act must have directly caused injury to the patient.