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"Medical Malpractice" is a term meaning errors or mistakes made by hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, nurses or other medical professionals, which should have been avoidable if proper care and attention were used. It can involve something wrong or inappropriate being done, or something right or important not being done. In order for a malpractice claim to be made, the error or mistake must have caused harm or a result that is worse than what could have been attained with proper care. Some examples of medical malpractice can include failure to diagnose (as with cancer, fractures or infections) misdiagnosis, prescription errors, surgical errors, birth injuries, nursing home abuse and others.