“Malasanità” and/or malpractice: a bioethical view

BACKGROUND Inspired by a series of newspaper articles, the authors consider the different semantic meaning of the Italian word “malasanità” and the English word “malpractice”. They feel that many cases of “malasanità” are rarely due to technical problems, which are rarely proven in a trial, but main...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Renato Malta, Salvatore Di Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/306