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The Hippocratic Oath taken by medical practitioners may be expressed as primum non nocere, or simply "First, do no harm." Where a medical doctor or physician does harm to a patient in the former's capacity as such, he violates this oath. Medical malpractice or, more appropriately, medical negligence, is that type of claim which a victim has available to him or her to redress a wrong committed by a medical professional who has caused bodily harm to or the death of a patient. To successfully pursue such a claim, a patient must prove that the physician failed either to do something that a reasonably prudent health care provider would have done or did something that a reasonably prudent provider would not have done; and that failure or action caused injury to the patient.

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The Hippocratic Oath taken by medical practitioners may be expressed as primum non nocere, or simply "First, do no harm." Where a medical doctor or physician does harm to a patient in the former's capacity as such, he violates this oath. Medical malpractice or, more appropriately, medical negligence, is that type of claim which a victim has available to him or her to redress a wrong committed by a medical professional who has caused bodily harm to or the death of a patient. To successfully pursue such a claim, a patient must prove that the physician failed either to do something that a reasonably prudent health care provider would have done or did something that a reasonably prudent provider would not have done; and that failure or action caused injury to the patient.

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Source Journal	Mindanao Law Journal
Journal Volume	Mindanao Law Journal Vol. 4 No. 4
Authors	Jess Zachael B. Espejo
Page Count	6
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	January 1, 2013
Tags	Law and Jurisprudence, Medical Negligence, journal

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