The autopsy finding on the cause of death will help doctors even to think about unusual conditions that lead to death and hence apply preventive measures for those unusual conditions. The cause of medical error is not always due to the doctor's mistake, but sometimes also due to the obsolete...
Russell were successful in defending the plaintiffs' appeal and obtaining a ruling by the Commonwealth Court affirming summary judgment in favor of our client, a public transportation agency, on the plaintiffs' state common law negligence and riparian rights claims on the basis of federal preemption...
Later this doctor, who was soon to quit Asheville Gastro and go elsewhere (or be fired), called me back in for a checkup. She went up my chute and purported to locate the area where she had performed her phantom polypectomy. I was fascinated to see her stick a sharp instrument into h...
“looking at lessons learned from that [incident] and closing the loop” (B02Matron) in order to make changes “back where this incident happened to make this incident less likely happening” (B07 Foundation Year 2 Doctor), participants also described a range of other motivations for filling ...
Information obtained from autopsy is a source of continued learning for which the cases which were brought for autopsy at tertiary care center of eastern Nepal from 1 January 2016 to31 December 2017 with an allegation of death due to the medical negligence are being reported. Case 1 was filed...
Over the last two decades there has been a serious increase in claims for medical negligence. It has been estimated that the rate of new claims against hospital doctors in the UK is as high as 10.5%1. Additionally, claims in obstetrics p... A Mavroforou,D Mavrophoros,E Koumantakis,.....