When a doctor fails to refer a patient to a specialist on time or at all, they may be considered to have acted negligently. This is because healthcare professionals are required to provide patients with reasonable care, which includes recognizing when a specialist’s...
When you meet with your doctor, the least you expect is that they’ll listen to you. You need to tell them about your symptoms, when they started, and any other related factors that you can think of. This helps the doctor make an accurate diagnosis. However, studies...
There are numerous types of medical malpractice, but medication errors are often overlooked. Medication errors can occur in hospitals, doctor’s practices and pharmacies. The consequences of such errors can be serious and even fatal. It’s important to understand the...
In a recent guest column in The Washington Post, a physician talked about his earlier misguided belief that patients who were overweight simply weren’t adjusting their lifestyle through diet and exercise to lose weight. Doing that had worked for him when he was...
Pregnancy compels patients to rely on medical professionals to safeguard their interests in specific, consequential ways. However, medical errors do occur, and these mistakes can result in serious consequences for pregnant patients. While healthcare providers are...
No doctor wants to perform unnecessary surgery – and no woman wants to have one. However, childbirth is fraught with dangers for both the mother and baby, and C-sections can be life-saving. Is it malpractice when a C-section isn’t performed and the mother or baby...
Medication is crucial to the recovery of so many people. Yet, as we’ve discussed here recently, prescription medication errors are a serious threat to patient safety. It’s been estimated that medication errors harm at least 1.5 million people every year. Too often,...
Modern advances in medicine have meant that many conditions can be fairly easily treated with the appropriate medication. For example, many infections can be cleared up with a batch of antibiotics. For some people, medication becomes part of their daily routine to...
Trust is paramount in healthcare. Patients entrust their lives to medical professionals with the expectation of receiving safe and effective care. However, beneath the surface, patients can experience medical errors, which can have fatal consequences. Medical...
Many people have to undergo surgeries to help relieve pain, medical conditions, infections and other issues. There is often no other choice for people to resolve a medical condition other than surgery. When people get surgery, they put their trust in surgeons,...
