Medical Malpractice
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers spend a great deal of time learning how to treat a great variety of illnesses and physical maladies. As a group they are professionals dedicated to helping alleviate the ailments that can plague mankind. Unfortunately, health care providers can also make mistakes. When mistakes are made the effects can be devastating. In fact, according to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 98,000 Americans die from "medical mistakes" each year.
Medical malpractice is a form of negligence involving a medical treatment provider. If someone is injured as a result of a treatment provider's digression from the standard of care, that provider may be liable for the injury that has occurred. The determination of whether a medical professional has met the standard of care is based on a comparison to other professionals in the same field and the same geographical region. In other words, what would a reasonably competent medical professional practicing in the same field as the defendant, and in the same area of the defendant, do under the circumstances that the defendant was facing with respect to care and treatment of the patient?
Medical malpractice does not occur every time there is a bad outcome from treatment. It is simply a duty to provide good care according to the accepted standards of the community and/or the accepted standards of a particular medical specialty. The law generally recognizes the practice of medicine as an "art" rather than as an exact science. Therefore, some latitude is given to practitioners with respect to the manner in which they choose to address the problems of specific patients.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, illness or death that you suspect was caused by a medical professional, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. The initial consultation is free of charge. If we agree to handle your injury case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if, and when, there is a money recovery for you. In many cases a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. So please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.
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| Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Writing Chemotherapy Orders On The Day Of Administration And Improved Communication Could Reduce Medication Errors Seven percent of adults and 19 percent of children taking chemotherapy drugs in outpatient clinics or at home were given the wrong dose or experienced other mistakes involving their medications, according to a new study led by Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and published in the January 1, 2009 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:00:00 PST Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office Recovers $4.65 Million For Massachusetts Medicaid Program In Cephalon Off-Label Marketing Investigation Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office has reached an agreement with Cephalon, Inc. (Cephalon), based in Pennsylvania, to settle allegations of improper off-label marketing of three pharmaceutical products. Under the terms of the settlement, Cephalon has paid $4,659,461. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:00:00 PST Iran Asked To Free AIDS Doctors Held For Six Months On Illegitimate Charges On the sixth-month anniversary of Iran's detention of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei -- Iranian brothers who are known worldwide as HIV/AIDS physicians--international NGOs, academic institutions, and medical leaders from across the globe are asking Iran to free them immediately. The doctors have been held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison since late June 2008. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:00:00 PST Federal Lawsuit Alleges Department Of Defense Improperly Denied Medical, Disability Benefits To Veterans A class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., alleges that the Department of Defense illegally denied medical and disability benefits to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PST Californian Files Consumer Fraud Class Action Against Advanced Medical Optics For Falsely Advertising Contact Lens Solution Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, and Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra announced that Southern California-based Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. ("AMO") was named as the defendant in a consumer fraud and false advertising class action lawsuit. The case, Maria Ruiz v. Advanced Medical Optics, et al., was filed today in California State Superior Court in Orange County. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:00:00 PST Elsevier To Investigate Medical Journal Articles Allegedly Ghostwritten By Wyeth Elsevier officials on Friday announced plans to investigate recent allegations by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that one of the medical journals published by the company included an article improperly ghostwritten by Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
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| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Doctors Say ?I?m Sorry? Before ?See You in Court? Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Report Assesses Blame in Hepatitis Cases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds that health care workers at Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, which is linked to more than 80 cases of hepatitis C, routinely mishandled injection equipment and medication vials and often failed to perform basic hand hygiene; two of center's doctors, including Depak Desai, have been required to stop practicing medicine Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Doctor, Bully Ob-gyn arbitration; course work. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Surgeon Held for Deaths in Australia An American surgeon was in a Portland jail on Thursday awaiting extradition proceedings over charges that he caused the deaths of three patients in Australia. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Tuesday 06th of January 2009 12:37:21 AM Explain a Medical Error? Sure. Apologize Too? Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
