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Medical Malpractice Newsletters
| Dialysis Malpractice |
| When a patient is afflicted with a serious kidney disease, he or she often undergoes dialysis. During this procedure, the dialysis machine acts as an artificial kidney, and the procedure carries with it the inherent possibility of danger to the patient. Therefore, it is both a life-saving and a life-threatening procedure. It is frequently performed at private, for-profit dialysis centers. Some studies indicate that dialysis patients who have the procedure performed at a private, for-profit center face a statistically significant higher risk of death than those treated at a non-profit center. More... |
| Res Ipsa Loquitur |
| In an ordinary medical malpractice case, the fact that a patient sustained an injury does not in and by itself create a presumption that the physician was negligent. In order to succeed, the patient has to prove, among other things, that it was the physician's treatment of the patient that caused the injury. More... |
| Wrong Site Surgery |
| When a surgeon operates on the wrong limb, the patient often sustains a devastating injury. Wrong site surgery occurs not only on the wrong limb or organ but on the wrong patient. This error results from numerous breakdowns in the hospital's system, including poor preoperative planning, a lack of institutional controls, the failure of the surgeon to exercise due care, or poor communication between the surgeon and the patient. More... |
| Responsible Parties in Medical Malpractice Cases Other Than Physicians - An Overview |
| When we think about filing a medical malpractice claim, our first thought is to name the physician in charge of treatment as the defendant in the action. However, medical malpractice is not limited to the conduct of medical doctors. Any providers of healthcare, such as nurses, anesthesiologists, healthcare facilities, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, may have been negligent, leading to injury of a patient.More... |
| Oncology Malpractice |
| Oncology MalpracticeMore... |
