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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| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST Cost Of Clinical Negligence Claims Rises Sharply, UK An analysis of clinical negligence claims costs made against doctors has shown an exceptionally sharp rise in the size of claims in England and Wales. The Medical Protection Society (MPS) - which handles medical negligence claims brought against GPs and private doctors - said the total value of reported claims which have not yet been settled leapt by 40% in 2009... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST Weighing Parents' Preferences And Risk Factors When Choosing Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Or Plan A Repeat Cesarean An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing to offer a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery because of so-called VBAC bans. Many, even those at low risk for complications in a trial of labor, are not offered this option... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST NYT Editorial Calls On Abortion-Rights Supporters 'To Make Their Voices Heard' In the "three years since the Supreme Court's conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion, ... foes of reproductive freedom are pressing new attacks on women's rights and health," a New York Times editorial states. Utah Gov... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST President Announces Plans To Crack Down On Health Care Fraud The Boston Globe: "President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system. ... Obama's anti-fraud announcement was aimed directly at the political middle." "Waste and fraud are pervasive problems for Medicare and Medicaid. ... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST Mind Calls For Regulation Of Counsellors And Psychotherapists, UK Mind today presents new evidence to illustrate the barriers people face when trying to make a complaint about counsellors and psychotherapists and urgently calls for independent statutory regulation to help protect clients from malpractice (1)... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST Supreme Court To Consider Legality Of Lawsuits Against Vaccine Makers The Associated Press: "The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines... Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
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| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Learning to Keep Patients Safe in a Culture of Fear The threat of blame, even malpractice, looms over doctors working to prevent medical errors. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Small Ideas Won?t Fix It Some of the Republican ideas on health care reform are good, but they would barely make a dent in the system?s most critical problems. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Illinois Court Overturns Malpractice Statute The state Supreme Court overturned its medical malpractice law because it limited compensation to patients for pain, suffering and other non-economic harms. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 As Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag Medical Malpractice news and personal injury law information. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
| Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability Are New Orleans hospitals liable for not protecting electrical generators? A series of lawsuits is testing the bounds of their liability. Click here to read this Medical Malpractice news article. |
