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Emergency room doctors have the difficult task of treating the most severely injured patients in desperate need of help. Because of their high stakes and high pressure job, doctors in the ER are prone to making mistakes, which can unfortunately lead to more injuries or worsening conditions. Though an ER doctor may save your life,...
Waiting for a doctor’s appointment or treatment with a specialist can be a frustrating process. Recently, concierge medical practices have allowed patients to pay a yearly fee or retainer to a doctor in exchange for quicker, more personal service. Hiring a concierge doctor allows patients to bypass many of the frustrations of a regular doctor’s...
A young California woman received a $28 million verdict after a jury agreed that doctors at Kaiser Permanente negligently failed to order an MRI which would have discovered her cancer. According to the lawsuit, Anna Rahm was 17 when she started feeling severe pain in her back and leg. Doctors at Kaiser Permanente refused Rahm...
The concept of informed consent is an important one for all patients. It means that you can only give a valid consent to a procedure or treatment if your doctor has provided you with the information you need to know in order to make a decision that’s based on your clear understanding of the possible...
The superbug outbreak at UCLA hospital was in the news last month, and if you have a procedure coming up which requires the use of a medical endoscope or duoendoscope, you may have some issues and concerns. Following the superbug outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the use of ERCP...
Chances are, if you’ve ever undergone a medical treatment or procedure you’ve probably been required to sign a consent form before your physician proceeded with your treatment. Signing a consent form, in and of itself, doesn’t constitute “informed consent”, which your doctor is required to obtain from you before proceeding with your treatment. What exactly...
When you book an appointment to see your doctor because you’re not feeling well, it’s not very likely you’re thinking about the possibility of your doctor making errors in your treatment. Luckily, such errors don’t happen in most cases, but errors do happen and there are a number of common errors made by physicians and...
Did you know that Californians face a cap on the amount of medical malpractice damages they can receive? When people successfully bring a medical malpractice suit against their doctors in California, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) places a limit on the amount of non-economic damages they may receive in compensation for the injuries...
When you go to see your doctor about a medical condition, you expect that you’ll receive an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment. Unfortunately, though, this doesn’t always happen, and when a physician’s negligence causes you harm, your main recourse may be a medical malpractice claim. There are many different types of medical malpractice claims. Here...
When you don’t feel well, you trust your doctors to properly diagnose and treat whatever condition you’re suffering from. But what happens if you don’t receive an accurate diagnosis, or if you’re given the wrong course of treatment? When your doctor fails to properly diagnose you or prescribes an improper treatment and you suffer harm...
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