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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-0099</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirujano general]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. gen]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-0099</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-00992017000200119</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mala praxis, distinción ético-legal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Malpractice, ethical-legal distinction]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zendejas Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Colegio de Especialistas en Cirugía General  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>119</fpage>
<lpage>123</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-00992017000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-00992017000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-00992017000200119&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se sabe de la existencia de la vulnerabilidad del paciente por problemas éticos y/o legales, lo cual invariablemente se traduce en mala praxis; sin embargo, el término se emplea como equivalente a negligencia; el autor disiente de ello y argumenta al respecto. Posteriormente, para desarrollar el tema, se parte de la hipótesis de que la distinción ético-legal de la mala praxis médica contribuirá a su mejor entendimiento y, en consecuencia, se tendrá mayor oportunidad de evitarla.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The existence of the patient&#8217;s vulnerability due to ethical and/or legal problems is known, which invariably translates into malpractice; however, the term is used as equivalent to negligence, and the author, who argues in this regard, disagrees. Subsequently, to develop the topic, it is hypothesized that the ethical-legal distinction of medical malpractice will contribute to its better understanding and, consequently, there will be a greater chance of avoiding it.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mala praxis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[distinción ético-legal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Malpractice]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ethical-legal distinction]]></kwd>
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