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Undergoing medical care or a medical procedure requires taking a leap of faith that your provider cares as much about your life and well-being as you do and will carefully adhere to their legal duty of care. Unfortunately, medical errors and negligence are far more common than most people understand. Although a legal process cannot…
read moreBefore a patient undergoes a medical procedure, the doctor or other provider must ensure that the patient knows exactly what to expect and what the procedure entails. The medical community describes informed consent as a “cornerstone of medicine,” intended to ensure that treatment decisions are made in an ethical and informed manner. When a patient…
read moreMisdiagnosis is one of the most common types of medical errors. Medical studies indicate that as many as 800,000 Americans suffer serious harm, including disability or death, due to misdiagnosed illnesses and injuries each year. The medical community requires doctors to meet the industry’s accepted level of care, including correctly assessing symptoms, ordering appropriate diagnostic…
read moreSuffering a worsened medical outcome, injury, or adverse medical condition due to a doctor’s malpractice is devastating, especially since we place our lives in the hands of our doctors and other medical providers. When a doctor makes an error during surgery, misdiagnoses an illness, delays diagnosing a disease, or misses a diagnosis completely, it’s medical…
read moreThe human body is complex, with a robust system for healing. Unfortunately, medical conditions, injuries, and surgical procedures are also complex, with many opportunities for complications that sometimes make a patient’s healing or recovery go awry. Fortunately, adequate follow-up care promptly addresses and corrects most cases of complications, but what happens when a medical provider’s…
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