"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Malpractice" by people in this website by year, and whether "Malpractice" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malpractice" by people in Profiles.
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Legal Liability in Neurology: Navigating Malpractice and Regulatory Compliance. Semin Neurol. 2025 Aug; 45(4):492-502.
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Characteristics and contributing factors of diagnostic error in surgery: analysis of closed medico-legal cases and complaints in Canada. Can J Surg. 2024 Jan-Feb; 67(1):E58-E65.
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Medical Malpractice and Diagnostic Radiology: Challenges and Opportunities. Acad Radiol. 2024 01; 31(1):233-241.
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Association between state-level malpractice environment and clinician electronic health record (EHR) time. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 05 11; 29(6):1069-1077.
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Characteristics of Disease-Specific and Generic Diagnostic Pitfalls: A Qualitative Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04; 5(1):e2144531.
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Interprofessional Internet Consultations: The Potential Benefits and Perils of eConsults. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2021 Dec 01; 27(6):1785-1789.
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Medical malpractice in heart transplantation from 1994 to 2019. J Card Surg. 2021 Aug; 36(8):2786-2790.
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Prioritizing Patient Safety Efforts in Office Practice Settings. J Patient Saf. 2019 12; 15(4):e98-e101.
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Diagnostic errors in the neonatal intensive care unit: State of the science and new directions. Semin Perinatol. 2019 12; 43(8):151175.
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Liability and Failure to Warn a Patient. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2019 Aug; 25(4):1141-1144.