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Medical Malpractice

THE SIMPLE FACTSTM...Medical malpractice generally refers to the mistakes (negligence) made by doctors, nurses, hospital staff, pharmacists and other health care professionals. These mistakes (negligence) usually concern the treatment, lack of treatment or for the departure from accepted standards of medical care or health care that results in harm to a patient. Medical malpractice is not always obvious to a patient and may require the review and analysis of the case by medical experts.

Medical malpractice generally refers to the mistakes (negligence) made by doctors, nurses, hospital staff, pharmacists and other health care professionals. These mistakes (negligence) usually concern the treatment, lack of treatment or the departure from accepted standards of medical care or health care that results in harm to a patient (surgery errors, anesthesia, medications, birth injury, childbirth, delay in treatment, infections from surgery, transfers without consent and others). Medical malpractice is not always obvious to a patient and may require the review and analysis of the case by medical experts.

JAMA Study

Health care professionals - doctors, nurses, hospital staff, pharmacists and others - make mistakes. They are human. But, it is the reason for the mistake that is the issue. A recent study published in JAMA looked at medical errors and how they might be associated with feelings of distress in physicians. This study may reveal one type of cause for medical errors.

Examples of Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice often occurs under one of these circumstances:

  • Did not monitor patient’s condition
  • Did not obtain informed consent
  • Did not consult specialist
  • Chose inappropriate procedure
  • Performed unnecessary surgery
  • Operating/Surgical Error
  • Delay in diagnosing and properly treating a disease or condition
  • Failure in diagnosing and properly treating a disease or condition

If you have a feeling that you may be a victim of medical malpractice, please use our Free Medical Malpractice case evaluation formto contact us about your potential case.

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It is very important that you work with an experienced personal injury attorney in order to determine which factors may lead to the possible filing of a formal lawsuit in connection with a personal injury.

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Updated on 8/26/2009

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