liability

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(lī″ă-bil′ĭt-ē )

The legal responsibility to make restitution for loss or damage. In health care, a provider is legally responsible for actions that fail to meet the standards of care or are grossly negligent, thereby causing harm to the patient.

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Venes, Donald, editor. "Liability." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741442/all/liability.

Liability. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741442/all/liability. Accessed January 21, 2019.

Liability. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741442/all/liability

Liability [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 January 21]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741442/all/liability

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