Assertion: patient abandonment | /r/HasProperty | a form of medical malpractice
Facets:
value: in the most general sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Patient abandonment is a form of medical malpractice that occurs when a physician terminates the doctor-patient relationship without reasonable notice or a reasonable excuse, and fails to provide the patient with an opportunity to find a qualified replacement care provider.
text: Patient abandonment is a form of medical malpractice; "abandonment of a case by a physician without sufficient notice or adequate excuse is a dereliction of duty, and if injury results there from, the physician may be held liable in damages.
text: In the most general sense, patient abandonment — also formally known as “medical abandonment” — is a form of medical malpractice where a healthcare professional terminates a patient relationship without properly informing the patient and finding acceptable replacement care for them.