People with major medical challenges and older adults may need to take multiple different prescription medications to treat a condition or control their symptoms. Particularly in cases where patients require multiple medications or medications administered via...
Patients are very vulnerable when they require medical care. They do not understand what may have caused their symptoms nor the treatment options potentially available. They depend on the physician attending to them to reach an accurate diagnosis and then recommend...
Most people trust in the competence and training of medical professionals and may find the idea of medical malpractice confusing. Given how much schooling a doctor has to undergo, people may assume that medical malpractice is incredibly rare. However, it is among the...
People in hospitals and long-term care facilities rely on licensed medical professionals for their daily care. Nurses and other healthcare workers monitor their condition and administer treatment, including medications. Many people assume that their chances of a full...
Many people feel fear when a doctor provides them with a diagnosis. Whether they have a severe infection or early-stage cancer, a doctor's significant diagnosis will potentially have an immediate impact on their daily life. Yet, it is also only after they receive the...
When you think of malpractice, it’s easy to think of a doctor or other medical professional making a mistake that harms a patient. However, hospitals can also be held liable for errors that occur within their walls. There are many ways in which a hospital can be at fault, from failing to properly screen staff to allowing dangerous conditions to…
Medical malpractice is the legal term used to describe negligence on the part of a medical professional that leads to injury or death. In order to successfully manage a medical malpractice case, plaintiffs must prove that the defendant deviated from the accepted standard of care, and that this deviation resulted in actual harm. Plaintiffs must also show that they would…
After suffering harm at the hands of a negligent doctor or medical professional, you are ready to seek justice, but you might not know who you should turn to or how to find the right attorney for your case. One of the main factors in choosing a lawyer is finding out if that attorney has experience in the field of…
When medical devices need to be implanted into someone’s body for health reasons, there is always the risk for complications. But when a complication arises as a result of a doctor’s error and downright negligence, then a claim for medical malpractice may be warranted. Sometimes this is the case following pacemaker implantation. Understanding Pacemakers Pacemakers are small electronic devices implanted…
Hundreds of millions of people see their doctors or visit hospitals for medical help every year. While the majority of doctor and hospital visits go smoothly and patients’ conditions improve, the reality is that sometimes doctors make diagnosing errors, anesthesia errorsor surgical errors, and patients’ lives are harmed. In fact, some people actually suffer serious injuries—even fatal injuries—due to medical…