Medical Malpractice

When you visit the doctor’s office for a routine examination or emergency treatment, you hope the healthcare providers who will attend to you have the competence to provide the care you need to get back on your feet and carry on with your day-to-day life. And this is...

Recently, a story involving a long-term nursing facility in the Midwest made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. One of their supposedly deceased residents was transported to a funeral home for embalming. When the mortuary staff unzipped the body bag about...

INFECTIONS AND LITIGATION LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB JORDAN GOLDSMITH, JD About once a month we will receive a call from a patient who has suffered a devastating infection while under the care of a physician and wants to know whether it is a potential malpractice...

People who go to the hospital to seek care expect that they will be taken care of appropriately. They don’t expect that understaffing will be a problem, but it’s a serious issue that affects medical centers on a daily basis. While some patients can receive adequate...

Patients trust their physicians to identify, diagnose, and treat their ailments. However, not all medical treatments are created equal, and practitioners must take special care to ensure that the remedies they prescribe meet their patient's needs–particularly...

When you go to a hospital or take a loved one, you expect competent care. New Jersey's Department of Health has discussed the rights of patients in-depth. Violations of these rights can lead to costly mistakes. Hospitals need to operate with the utmost professionalism...

THE MENTAL HEALTH SCAM LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB In recent weeks I have heard advertisements for call-in mental health counseling and was scared as to the potential for abuse and devastating results, for those vulnerable patients who call and fail to get the help...

PREGNANCY IS A WONDERFUL THING UNTIL IT ISN’T LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB Pregnancy, child birth and raising a wonderful child is most certainly a blessing.  However, errors occur and when they do, they can be disastrous to mother or child.   During my...

You may have heard that medical malpractice is the third-leading cause of death in the United States. These claims usually go on to point out that heart disease and cancer are the top causes of death, with medical malpractice coming in next. Lower down the list are...

WHEN YOUR LAWYER REFERS YOU TO A DOCTOR! LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB In the course of my practice I have referred only two patients to physicians for treatment. The first was a nine year old child. He had received a vaccination into his shoulder that was done...