When you begin to notice certain symptoms and changes in your health, you may decide to go to the doctor for a screening. You trust that the doctor will do adequate testing based on a description of your symptoms and concerns. You assume that the diagnostic efforts...
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How can medical malpractice cause a stillbirth?
Losing a baby before having the chance to hold them could be any expectant parent’s worst nightmare. Knowing that the tragedy is preventable, if not for human error or negligence, only makes the loss even worse. A stillbirth is a baby’s death before or during...
Anesthesiologist negligence as a form of medical malpractice
The tragic irony is when a powerful drug meant to reduce pain induces it instead. Anesthesia is a medical procedure that prevents the feeling of pain during surgeries, dental work, and screening or diagnostic exams. Anesthetic drugs usually have three primary types –...
Radiology errors – why does this malpractice happen?
Radiology is an amazing field of medicine because it involves using medical imaging hardware and procedures to diagnose diseases and injuries. To be a radiologist, a doctor must complete at least 13 years of training, have certification from the American Board of...
What types of tests should your doctor run while you’re pregnant?
Your pregnancy should be a time of joy and celebration, and while you are looking forward to the birth of your child, you also want to ensure that you and your baby are healthy. Your doctor should be performing certain tests to monitor your baby’s growth and health,...
Does medical malpractice cause your child’s cerebral palsy?
Cerebral palsy, the most common childhood disability, damages the neurological and musculoskeletal functions of your child’s developing brain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, such impaired physical functions have four categories: stiff...
What is an acceptable standard of care?
When you go to the doctor for a wellness check, surgical intervention, proper diagnosis or other form of treatment, you do so with the assumption that you will receive quality care. You only get one body, and you place a lot of trust in the doctors and other...
The dangers of a delayed C-section
A Cesarean section or C-section is a procedure where an obstetrician or family physician delivers a baby by slicing the bottom of a mother’s abdomen and cutting through the uterus. C-sections are an emergency response to fetal distress and other unforeseen crises that...
How often is lupus misdiagnosed?
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that targets your immune system and affects many parts of your body. Its symptoms can vary from person to person and can mimic those of other conditions, leading to a high rate of misdiagnosis. A staggering 46.5% of people with lupus...
Failure to diagnose can lead to a lawsuit
We rely on physicians to provide a standard of care that begins with the initial hospital visit and the resulting diagnosis. However, physicians are only human, and humans make mistakes, including misdiagnoses. Once the misdiagnosis results in no treatment, delayed...