Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is a life changing event. However, if
the cancer was misdiagnosed or not diagnosed in a timely manner by a
phy...
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The most common dental error or act of
professional malpractice is improper performance. Forty five percent of malpractice claims will
involve som...
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Though
the term medical malpractice is used frequently in the American lexicon, many
individuals do not have a firm grasp of what does and what does...
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Determining whether or not a case of medical negligence is
“meritorious”, or valid in a legal sense, requires breaking down the details of
the c...
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What is an example of medical malpractice? The stereotypical example
would be "foreign object" malpractice--a surgeon leaves a clamp or
other device...
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In
the complex health care delivery system now existing in this country, litigation
can arise in many, many, many contexts. As an example health c...
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Hospital emergency rooms are visited by nearly 100 million people per
year in the United States. The enormous volume of patients in critical
condi...
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Cancer is among the leading causes of
death in the United States, and is expected to kill over half a million US
residents in 2009. Timely discovery...
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in the
U.S. and worldwide. It is commonly thought that only men need to worry about
CAD, b...
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Any failure on a doctors part to diagnose a potentially catastrophic
heart disease which then leads to a heart attack may be grounds for a
medical m...
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A large number of medical malpractice cases reach the civil
court system annually; however, the following three forums of medical
malpractice contai...
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A dentist and a dental hygienist must possess a license from the
licensing board in the state in which they seek to practice dentistry.
Each state...
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If you have received cosmetic surgery and you’re unhappy
with the results, it can be a terrible thing to have to deal with. You may even feel tha...
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