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Although the terms medical malpractice and medical negligence are often used interchangeably, they actually have different meanings. Medical negligence refers to a healthcare provider’s inability to meet the medical standard of care while medical malpractice refers to a healthcare provider’s medical negligence itself which led to a patient’s injury or illness. Victims of medical negligence …