physician's liability insurance

physician's liability insurance
A form of liability insurance, now in common use, which insures a physician against liability from acts or omissions while practicing his profession. Insurance against malpractice, error, or mistake. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1358.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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