What is the difference between medical negligence and negligence?

There is no difference between medical

negligence and negligence. Medical negligence is just the title of

a cause of action for a medical practitioner's negligent

performance of his duties Negligence is the generic name for a tort

where a person has a duty to another person, breaks that duty,

which is the cause in fact and proximate cause of damages. In

medical negligence cases, the doctor has the duty to act as a

reasonable doctor (or specialist, if necessary) would act.