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Medical Malpractice
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Maybe you’ve seen images of smiling doctors attending to grateful patients. Promotional materials for health care insurance, private clinics and medical school are full of them. It turns out the reality is not quite like that. A 2018 study found that 54% of doctors...
Nurses and medical aides working at residential facilities have a lot of responsibility. Whether they work at an inpatient cancer ward at the local hospital or a nursing home, their actions have a direct impact on the quality of life of the patients and residents...
A misdiagnosis can certainly be fatal. You trust your doctor to make a quick diagnosis and get you the help that you need. If you come in with a serious problem and the doctor misses it, you know that the results could be very serious. A delayed diagnosis is similar,...
As adult patients, we have the right to decide how a medical condition or injury will be treated (with the exception of some emergency situations). We can go along with our doctor’s recommendation, ask to hear about alternatives and get a second opinion. However, if...
When people think about prescription errors and medical malpractice, the first thing they often imagine is a doctor who gives a patient the wrong medication. Maybe the patient needs some medication to help thin blood clots, for example, but they're given a mild...
You’ve been dealing with a health issue for some time now. You’ve tried different medications and treatments, but nothing has had the desired effect. Your medical team has discussed your options with you, and they’ve decided that surgery is in your best interests. ...
NOT YOUR REGULAR CASE SURPRISING TWIST LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB Over the years we have handled many cases in which there was a failure to diagnosis breast cancer due to a radiologists failure to appropriately read and interpret either a mammogram or an ultrasound....
As someone without a medical education, it can be hard for you to understand when your doctor's behavior might be medical malpractice. After all, malpractice occurs when someone fails to meet the established standard for their industry or fails to do what another...
If a child's brain does not get enough oxygen during the birthing process, they can sometimes be afflicted with a condition known as cerebral palsy. This is a condition that can have a lot of different symptoms depending on what parts of the brain are impacted, but it...
UNNECESSARY DEATHS Lee S. Goldsmith, M.D., LLB Every year thousands of individuals die of cancer that could have and should have been diagnosed earlier. The three most common cancers associated with unnecessary deaths and litigation are Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer and...
