Malpractice- form of negligence, any wrongdoing by a professional and can refer to any professional misconduct, evil practice, or illegal or immoral conduct
Informed consent: client must be given enough information about the proposed treatment, in understandable language, to make an intelligent decision about whether to proceed with the treatment
Implied consent: unstated agreements that flow automatically from the relationship between the client and the massage professional
Negligence- failure to meet standards of practice that may lead to injury
Performance of an act that a reasonably careful person under similar circumstances would not do or the failure to perform an act that a reasonably careful person would do under similar circumstances