Every year there are more deaths across America chalked up to medical errors. This is when a health care professional doesn’t offer the patient quality care, and injuries or death may result. Medical malpractice/medical errors don’t just happen in the hospital, although this is the association that many people have…
Malpractice means so many different things to different people, that the term when used in a legal setting really needs to be expanded upon for the sake of clarity. The most crucial thing is to be able to distinguish between malpractice and other kinds of negligence. “Generally speaking the term…
Medical malpractice is most often considered to be a lawsuit filed against a doctor for some form of negligence that caused a patient harm. In reality, there are numerous kinds of malpractice lawsuits. These days when people read about medical malpractice in the media, they assume that the story will…
Having an operation ranks as number one on a list of things people would rather not do. There is an enormous amount of trust placed in the hands of a surgeon, and one hopes there are no surgical errors. It’s tough enough to get up the courage to face major…
Professional malpractice is generally thought to be when a doctor makes a mistake of some sort, or a hospital doesn’t treat a patient correctly and the consequences are very serious or life threatening. Professional malpractice is more than that and actually covers dentists and lawyers. The question when dealing with…