Doctors and other health care professionals can be held liable for harm caused by medical errors, but injured patients should prepare for a fight. Learn more.
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession...
Medical malpractice refers to professional negligence by a health care provider that leads to substandard treatment, resulting in injury to a patient.
The growth of medical malpractice liability costs has the potential to affect the delivery of health care in the U.S. along two dimensions. If growth in malpractice payments results in higher malpr...
Request PDF | Malpractice Claims and Ethical Issues in Prison Health Care Related to Consent and Confidentiality | Respecting the consent and confidentiality of a patient is an underlying element i...
The American Bar Association says, “Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider—a... resulting in harm to a patient or patients.”1 For example...
EHRs can improve the quality of care and reduce medical-liability risks; this review includes a discussion of the malpractice-liability implications of computerized order entry, clinical-decision s...
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Malpractice Claims in Prison Health Care Claims of malpractice involve a breach of a professional obligation on the part of the physician causing healthcare-related damage. They might be...
The medical standard of care is the legal yardstick that's used to determine whether a health care provider might be liable for medical malpractice. Learn more.