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Most people who undergo plastic surgery do so to feel better about themselves, to remove a physical flaw or simply minimize the many signs of aging that are unavoidable. However, too many of these surgeries result in serious and even fatal injuries.A newly-published...
If you believe that you or a loved one has been harmed by a physician, there are some steps that you can and should take. However, not all medical errors rise to the level of medical malpractice.The most important thing is to determine whether the problem can be...
According to the Wall Street Journal, life insurance premiums are rising, and insurers are blaming the low interest rates set by the Federal Reserve in recent years, which they say have impacted their investments and therefore their bottom lines. Medical malpractice...
When doctors sexually abuse patients, not only may they be breaking the law, but they are violating the all-important doctor-patient relationship. However, many doctors accused of sexual misconduct have been able to avoid not only the legal system, but professional...
Those of us who are old enough to remember when doctors kept our records in file folders, clipboards with our information hung at the foot of our hospital beds and physicians scrawled barely-legible prescriptions on pieces of paper may still be getting used to our...
When surgeons make an error or something goes wrong during surgery, are they required to tell the patient and family? They may not be.There are eight recommended disclosure practices when an adverse surgical event occurs. However, a recent survey of 60 surgeons at...
Can your behavior affect the accuracy of your medical diagnosis? According to the recently-published results of two different studies, it appears that it can.Researchers asked doctors specializing in family medicine and doctors in training to review clinical case...
If you believe that you or a loved one have been the victim of medical malpractice, the first thing that you should do is consult a Mississippi medical malpractice attorney who can help determine whether what happened is indeed malpractice under state law. There are...
In our last post, we began looking at the growing recognition of the power of apologizing in the field of medical care. Honest communication and expressions of sympathy can go a long way in preventing medical malpractice litigation, and many states have passed...
A heartfelt apology, as everyone knows, can go a long way toward resolving a dispute. This is certainly true in relationships with friends and family, and it also seems to be true in patient-provider relations. That, at least, is the experience of hospitals that have...