Medical malpractice refers to professional negligence by a health care professional or provider in which treatment provided was substandard‚ and caused harm‚ injury or death to a patient. This can be from a doctor‚ nurse or other professional. In the majority of cases‚ the medical malpractice or negligence involved a medical error‚ possibly in diagnosis‚ medication dosage‚ health management‚ treatment or aftercare. The error may have been because nothing was done or a negligent act. Compensation
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Medical Malpractice LawyerAttorney Specializing in Medical Malpractice January 23rd‚ 2012 Finding a Competent Medical Malpractice Lawyer Finding a good medical malpractice lawyer is not a simple task. Some of these lawyers who claim that they are “good” are actually different from how they perform. The ability of a medical malpractice attorney should neither depend on how strong their advertisements are nor should depend on the strong affiliations that they belong to. A good medical malpractice
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Razia Waseem (sec 1) 13th May 2011 Medical malpractice in Pakistan “Medical malpractice is defined as professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which care provided deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient‚ with most cases involving medical error” (Medical Malpractice). Although‚ doctors are solely held responsible for any medical malpractice in Pakistan’s hospitals‚ but other factors
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Tilly English 111340 23 October 2012 Caps on Medical Malpractice Suits Medical malpractice cases have been on a steady rise. Malpractice has affected most of the United States resulting in an increase on insurance premiums for physicians and a decrease in important specialist. Medical malpractice cap reforms have been adopted by several states across America due to these increases and decreases. Malpractice caps should not be put on medical malpractice cases because the caps cover up the real problem
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Most of the medical malpractice lawsuits are due to either delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis of the medical illness‚ condition or the non visible injuries. When the error in the diagnosis of the medical condition by the doctor leads to the delay in treatment‚ incorrect treatment or in a worst scenario‚ no treatment at all‚ it becomes the cause of concern. The patient’s medical condition may deteriorate or the patient may even die. But at the same time‚ error in diagnosis in itself cannot form the
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1) Medical advances (new drugs‚ technologies‚ services and procedures). Medical advances are responsible for the increased healthcare costs. Patients demand these because they want the best healthcare possible. Physicians want these because they want the best for their patient‚ want to use cutting edge technologies for their status‚ for the increased financial reward for using them‚ and to practice “defensive medicine” (#3 below). With regard to drug trials‚ a study published in Health Affairs in
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dilemmas. One of the professional competencies for nursing states that nurses should " integrate knowledge of ethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursing practice". It is important to know what types of dilemmas nurses may face during their careers and how they may have been dealt with in the past. It is also important for nurses to understand what malpractice is and how they may protect themselves from a malpractice suit. LAW VS. ETHICS It is important to first
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branch of the governemt who evaluate laws‚ clarifies laws‚ resolves disagreements and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. According to Dana C. McWay‚ there are four elemens a AAG must show to succesed in a negligence clain for medical malpractice. The first element to provide is the “a duty of care is owed to the patient”( MacWay‚ 2016 ). This means the health care provider have the duty and responsible for provideding treatment or care to patient (Baranoski &
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Concept Analysis of Medical Malpractice Concept Analysis of Medical Malpractice The phrase medical malpractice is everywhere; we see it make front page news and top stories; we hear about it on the radio and at social gatherings; we read books on it in school and are warned about it at work. Medical malpractice is important to nursing because it affects patient outcomes; liability insurance and medical insurance reimbursement; nurses’ and hospital reputations and ratings. A closer examination
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California’s health department should keep the cap on medical malpractice damages at 250‚000 dollars. Specific purpose: At the end of my speech‚ my audience will raise awareness‚ write a letter to the local representative. Introduction I. Open with Impact: The negligent act by a health care provider‚ in which it causes the patient harm in any way is called medical malpractice. II. Central Idea: Lawyers are trying to push the reform of raising the medical mal practice cap from 250‚000 dollars to 1.1million
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