Medical malpractice (or negligence) takes many different forms but almost always involves harm done to a patient on behalf of a doctor or medical professional. Some examples of medical malpractice include misdiagnosis, surgery on the wrong area of the body, improperly prescribing drugs, and failure to treat a certain condition properly.
An example of medical malpractice may be a doctor who misdiagnoses a patient with pneumonia when, in fact, the patient has lung cancer. As a result of the misdiagnosis, the patient’s cancer treatment is delayed and they lose precious time that could have been spent combating the disease.