The phrase "amount to malpractice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or behaviors that are considered negligent or unethical in a professional context, particularly in fields like medicine or law.
Example: "The failure to diagnose the patient's condition in a timely manner may amount to malpractice."
Alternatives: "constitute malpractice" or "be considered malpractice."
The court granted appeals by Aetna Health and Cigna Healthcare, which do business in Texas, where a state law provides for damages against H.M.O.'s for coverage decisions that are found to amount to malpractice.
The court granted appeals by two managed-care companies that do business in Texas, where a state law, the Texas Healthcare Liability Act, provides compensatory and punitive damages against H.M.O.'s for coverage decisions that are found to amount to malpractice.
Difficult situations like these led to the latest wrinkle in the consulting relationship suits that amount to malpractice litigation.
The headline and lead on yesterday's Quinnipiac University poll does amount to "malpractice".
The decision reverses an appeal court ruling that said such claims amounted to malpractice because they involved decisions affecting patient care, and reinstates a district judge's decision.
The problem is that in the view of Mr. Schaps, a former photography editor at New York magazine, the patient is perfectly healthy and the operation amounts to malpractice.
He claimed not to remember just what he had said, or even to recall clearly the episode in question: an instance of surgical haste and sloppiness amounting to malpractice.
Mr. Bolton said any move to remove North Korea from the terrorism list at this point would amount to "diplomatic malpractice".
And Kevin Sheekey, a top aide to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg who has lobbied hard for Ms. Kennedy, said on Wednesday that not selecting her would amount to "political malpractice" because of her strong ties to President-elect Barack Obama, according to The Daily News.
His political lieutenant, Kevin Sheekey, banged the drum loudly for Ms. Kennedy, going so far as to tell The Daily News last month that any other appointment by the governor would amount to "political malpractice".
Mr. Kendall, who became the Pentagon's top weapons buyer in May, has said that diving into production so soon amounted to "acquisition malpractice".
