liability, legal

Preferred Label : liability, legal;

MeSH definition : Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.;

MeSH synonym : legal liability; liabilities, legal; legal liabilities;

MeSH hyponym : institutional liability; personal liability; medical liability; professional liability; Liabilities, Personal; Liability, Personal; Personal Liabilities; Liabilities, Professional; Liability, Professional; Professional Liabilities; Institutional Liabilities; Liabilities, Institutional; Liability, Institutional; Liabilities, Medical; Liability, Medical; Medical Liabilities;

Related MeSH term : torts; Tort;

MeSH annotation : statement of responsibility: do not confuse with MALPRACTICE, the commission of a harmful act; coord IM with specialty (IM) if relevant or area of responsibility (IM) if relevant;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal liability;

Details

Origin ID

D016365;

UMLS CUI

C0079694;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- medico legal issue [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- institutional liability [MeSH concept]
- liability, legal [MeSH concept]
- medical liability [MeSH concept]
- personal liability [MeSH concept]
- professional liability [MeSH concept]
- torts [MeSH concept]
See also
- malpractice [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- insurance, liability [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients