Patient’s Death Blamed on Illegible Prescription
Earlier this month, a jury ruled on a case where a Texan doctor simply wrote out a prescription for a dialysis patient, and it went horribly wrong. Originally, ...
Understanding Informed Consent
Sometimes the reason a patient can file a medical malpractice lawsuit is that he or she was not properly warned about the risks of certain medical treatment. No...
Medical Malpractice in the Emergency Room
While mistakes are no less prevalent in an ambulance or in the emergency room than in other sections of a hospital, “first responders” understandabl...
Do Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Raise Care Costs?
Backers of tort reform claim that medical malpractice lawsuits cause the costs of medical care to spike up. Others contend, however, that these suits actually e...
