But the doctors who deliver babies, a field of work that once brought them joy and now makes them fear the arrival of the morning mail, are adamant. Dr. Henry W. Flournoy, who has practiced here 12 years, says he simply cannot take the risk of something going wrong with a lawyer or...
Dr. Dani Mathisen: Her brain was not formed correctly. She only had one kidney. Her spine was so bent that it put pressure on her heart. It was honestly a blur. I either said, "Is it bad? Or is it lethal?" Her answer was, "It's lethal," meaning my ...
Women in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma announced lawsuits against states' abortion bans, claiming they were denied abortions despite dangerous pregnancy complications.
Daniel Troy, chief counsel to the US Food and Drug Administration, is under fire for inviting drug companies to inform him of lawsuits against them so the ... Lenzer,J. - 《Bmj British Medical Journal》 被引量: 23发表: 2004年 PAYING ATTENTION TO NEGLECTED DISEASES IN FEBRUARY, when Andrew...
The Benevolent Gesture Medical Professional Liability Act, SB 379, allowshealth careproviders to make benevolent gestures before medical malpractice lawsuits, mediations, arbitrations, or administrative actions, without fear that these statements could be used against them, as long as these gestures are...
The government also wants to glean why a medical mistake occurred -- or, more accurately, why patients think it occurred. To help them along, a draft online questionnaire offers some possible reasons, including: "A doctor, nurse, or other healthcare provider did not communicate well with the...
Background: Adverse events are frequent in clinical practice, but only a few studies in Saudi Arabia have addressed them. The current study was designed to review the lawsuits against healthcare professionals by analyzing records of the cases dealt with by the Medico-legal C...
The contingency-fee system, which allows lawyers and their clients to agree that the lawyer will be paid only in the event of success, does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors. As attorneys must cover the costs for their time and research, they want...
doesn't grant immunity to a doctor who's aware of a designated healthcare agent's directives but doesn't follow them. Catalano and his fellow defendants appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court, claiming that he was unfamiliar with the directive, but justices sided with the lower ...
Pressure to do so won’t come from device manufacturers, and not just because they want to get their products to market faster, Redberg said. A U.S. Supreme Court decision protects them against lawsuits if the FDA approved their devices after premarket testing, she said. ...