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Medical Malpractice
Attorneys And Trained
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For many years now, I have been kayaking on the waterways of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. I have served as president of the Hudson River Watertrail Association (HRWA.org) and in a week I will be joining with other guides to escort some 100 kayakers and...
Problems with prescription drugs are one of the most common sources of medical errors. Mislabeled medications, incorrect dosages and negative drug interactions can cause serious health problems up to and including death. However, if the unthinkable does happen and you...
There is definitely an irony in life when you go into surgery to relieve a problem, only to find that the surgeons created a worse problem for you. This happens more often than the medical community would like to admit. The legal system recognizes this failure in the...
When you place your loved ones in a care facility, you expect the staff to treat them with respect and meet all of their physical and health care needs. Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. As the elderly population continues to grow more families turn to...
Use of electronic medical records (EMRs) has been increasing dramatically in the past decade or so as more and more physicians' offices and other health care providers make the switch from paper to digital records. The use of robotics during surgery has also resulted...
You have a client who has unfortunately suffered devastating injuries and you paint the defendants into a corner where they have to concede liability. We recently achieved such a result in a case involving a major medical institution, a neurosurgeon and intraoperative...
If you've ever experienced a medical issue after a drug interaction, you know firsthand how scary it can be. Drug interactions can range from mild, such as rendering one of the medications ineffective, to possibly fatal. You rely on your health care provider to pay...
Brain injuries can be serious, traumatic, and life changing events. That is not only true for the people who experience them, but for the families of those people who often have to care for a loved one with a traumatic brain injury. In babies, brain injuries are even...
LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D.J.D. I recently attended the annual meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine. A featured speaker was Kenneth Shine, M.D., from the University of Texas, who was instrumental in the work of the Institute of Medicine and the continuing work...
"I thought I had the flu" This is what many women say after having a heart attack. TV and movies always portray heart attacks as chest pain and left arm tingling followed by an immediate collapse - and usually depict a man. However, heart attack warning signs are very...
