MALPRACTICE BASED ON NEGLIGENCE

o () treatment or culpable neglect of a patient by a physician or other practitioner

o The performance or result go () what ought to be expected from a HC practitioner.

o() to use a reasonable amount of care when such failures result in injury or damage to another

o A professional who injures a client by providing care that is () for that profession commits the tort of malpractice.

o The law requires a professional to act based on the () necessary for his or her profession, rather than the typical reasonable and prudent standard applied in general negligence cases