Medical Malpractice Lawyers – Hospital Negligence Attorneys
Medical malpractice errors are responsible for 98,000 wrongful deaths each year. More people die from medical mistakes than from all car accident deaths.
Some examples of medical mistakes are:
- Failure to protect a patient from a fall or other injury on hospital property.
- Failure to administer medications properly.
- Failure to manage a pregnancy or deliver a baby in a safe manner.
- Failure to properly treat a patient’s medical condition.
- Misdiagnosis of a medical condition.
Medicine is a complicated and varied field so it is impossible to provide a comprehensive list all of the types of malpractice claims. However, the leading types of malpractice claims include:
- Wrongful death
- Birth defects or injuries
- Hospital, physician, and nursing negligence
- Misdiagnosis
- Nursing home injuries and elder abuse
- Pharmaceutical errors
In the medical field, when a doctor or health care professional agrees to diagnose or treat a patient, he or she has assumed a duty of care toward that patient. The health care provider may not be the doctor, nurse or a member of the staff. It is possible that the individual is a lab or x-ray technician with certain qualifications for operating advanced medical equipment or interpreting results of tests.
Unfortunately, some doctors cause harm through their mistakes, ignorance, negligence, lack of skill and misdiagnosis. Medical malpractice is the result of a health care provider’s failure to provide the expected standard of care.
Medical malpractice claims are one of the most difficult areas of litigation, since the negligent action must be documented and proven within specific guidelines. Only a skilled medical malpractice attorney has the experience and resources to thoroughly investigate and validate your case.
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