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What are various concepts applicable to medical malpractice?
What are the duties of an investigator of medical harms? Who should ideally investigate medical harms? What should be investigated in case of medical harms: a medical doctor, non-medicos, a health care facility, or all of them? Why does the medical practice act need to be updated and/or reformed? When was the medical practice act last updated? In what situation can a medical doctor not refuse or terminate a medical doctor-patient relationship? In what situation can a medical doctor refuse or terminate medical doctor-patient relationship? What should a patient and his or her relatives or well wishers be careful about? |
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Medical malpractice What are various concepts applicable to medical malpractice? This is in addition to other applicable concepts. 1. Wrong diagnosis. 2. Insufficient care. 3. Being party to repeated conspiracies. 4. Failure to follow-up 5. Insufficient information given. 6. Improper or prejudiced investigation of medical malpractice. 7. Improper or prejudiced investigation of a conspiracy. 8. Improper or prejudiced investigation of repeated conspiracies. 9. Late arrival at a house visit. 10. Birth Injury 11. Surgical Negligence 12. Anesthesia Malpractice 13. Contaminated Blood 14. Prognosis Misdiagnosis 15. Injury from Prescription Drugs / Overdoses 16. Negligence 17. Failure to diagnose 18. Delay in diagnosis 19. Late referral to the hospital. 20. Failure to monitor 21. Negligent non-disclosure 22. Conspiracies to enhance harms 23. Failure to diagnose. 24. Failure to reply to relevant questions. 25. Failure to provide annual health assessment. 26. Delayed Diagnosis 27. Improper treatment. Was the Doctor Negligent? Did the Misdiagnosis Harm the Patient? |
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There are harms in which medical doctors are involved. These are harms that may or may not involve a medical doctor. 26. Data security incident of medical records with disclosure causing harm. 27. Wrong referral by a non-medico causing harm. 28. Disorderly conduct by a non-medico during health care. 29. (the list goes on) What are the duties of an investigator of medical harms? You should be able to answer and ask relevant questions. Only asking questions is not enough. Who should ideally investigate medical harms? An experienced medical doctor with legal skills and knowledge. Other investigators can provide supportive services. What should be investigated in case of medical harms: a medical doctor, non-medicos, a health care facility, or all of them? All of them should be investigated with solutions and remedies. These are harms that may or may not involve a medical doctor. Data security incident of medical records with disclosure causing harm. Wrong referral by a non-medico causing harm. Disorderly conduct by a non-medico during health care. There are harms in which medical doctors are involved. Failure to diagnose. Failure to reply to relevant questions. Failure to provide annual health assessment. Medical Practice Act Why does the medical practice act need to be updated and/or reformed? This example will make you understand. A medical doctor may not be able to reach to correct diagnosis and treatment, and may not be able to reply to relevant questions while having the duty to serve. He or she may be licensed as per specific medical practice act: Are such medical doctors harmful to public? Yes, they are. When was the medical practice act last updated? In what situation can a medical doctor not refuse or terminate a medical doctor-patient relationship? Here are the various situations. A medical doctor assigned duty by the state department of health to do an annual health assessment of a specific patient/patients with follow-up, and answer relevant questions, cannot refuse or terminate a medical doctor-patient relationship. A medical doctor assigned duty by the state department of health to diagnose and treat medical emergencies on site, in an emergency room, in the hospital, or similar situations, and answer relevant questions, cannot refuse or terminate a medical doctor-patient relationship. In what situation can a medical doctor refuse or terminate medical doctor-patient relationship? If a health care resource is not doing a proper annual health assessment of specific patients as authorized by the state department of health. Patients in a specific state or outside the state can approach http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/healthcareworld.html for an annual health assessment. If there is no capacity to diagnose and treat patients, this resource can refuse or terminate a doctor-patient relationship and refer the patient to another resource. What should a patient and his or her relatives or well wishers be careful about? Do not get tricked by big names in health care without getting answers to relevant questions. You have the right to free quality health care in the state in which you reside. You can get referred to this resource: www.qureshiuniversity.com/healthcareworld.html. Q: What is medical malpractice or medical negligence? Q: What are typical medical malpractice claims? Q: How common is medical malpractice? Q: When should I suspect that my injuries were caused by medical malpractice? Q: What should I do if I have been a victim of medical malpractice? Q: What else can I do besides sue for malpractice? Q: In America, has your doctor recommended surgery? Q: Is it really indicated? or Q: Has your doctor carried out surgery? Q: Was it really indicated? Q: Has your doctor recommended a medicine? Q: Is this medicine truly needed? Q: Has your physician, related practitioners, including psychologists, social workers, managers, administrators, and politicians, practiced negligence, failure to diagnose, delays in diagnosis, failure to follow-up on tests (labs, radiology, etc.), failure to monitor, wrong diagnosis, and in certain scenarios horrible conspiracies to harm and engage in criminal wrongdoing? Q: What is the population of the world today? Q: Do we know exactly how many people live in the world today? Today the population of the world is more than six billion. Q: What is the total population of all of North America? The population of North America is Less than 600 million. Q: Is the American Board Certified license number important or is competence more essential? Q: Are American Board Certified medical doctors competent, brilliant? Q: Do they possess International standards regarding skills, knowledge, education, and practice? No Q: What's the proof for this claim? The proof is the repeated wrong diagnosis, sabotage, Bad management planning, etc. Q: What is medical malpractice? Q: What must be shown to prevail in a medical malpractice case? Q: Should medical fraternity take cognizance? Q: Should the public defender take action sua sponte? Q: What other options are available? Q: How is vicarious liability defined? Q: What are the elements of effective case management? Q: What are the issues? Q: What are the different solutions? Q: What is the best solution? Q: Who has the answer? Q: Who is willing to answer? Q: Who has the duty and responsibility to answer? Q: Do you have any questions for me? Q: A racist endorses the wrong diagnosis of the racist. Does that make it a correct diagnosis? Q: An incompetent doctor endorses wrong diagnosis of his incompetent colleague. Does that make it a correct diagnosis? Q: How would you like to solve this problem? Q: What punishments do they deserve? What are typical medical malpractice claims? Lawsuits against health institutions and/or physicians, medical malpractice commonly occurs under the following circumstances: Improper Treatment of Illness or Injury Unwarranted Injury during Treatment Improper Treatment of Illness or Injury Another common type of medical malpractice is when a physician prescribes medication or otherwise performs treatments that are improper for the type of illness. If the physician’s treatment is not one that would normally be used by other physicians of the same experience and in the same situation, he may have committed malpractice. Unwarranted Injury during Treatment Physicians are not perfect and are not expected to perform every treatment perfectly. As such, they are given a range of error that is not considered malpractice. This range normally extends to mistakes or damage that could normally occur regardless of using all due care. If, however, the physician causes injury or illness to a patient that could not have occurred without his negligence, then the physician may have committed malpractice. Q. Can my doctor be held liable for an unsuccessful surgery or a mistake in judgment? Q. Does it matter if an attorney has trial experience but not experience in medical negligence cases? Q. Aren't medical expert fees expensive? How will I afford it? Q. How long do lawsuits go on? Q. What constitutes medical malpractice? Q. Who can sue for medical malpractice? Q. Who can be sued for medical malpractice? Q. How long do I have to bring suit? Q. How common are malpractice cases? Q. Can I expect the same result in my case? How clear is the defendant's negligence? (Is the story one which tends to offend or will it be viewed instead as a "reasonable medical complication"?) How difficult it is to prove the defendant's negligence? (How many medical experts will be required, how many medical specialties are involved?) What are the nature of the damages? What kind of witnesses will the plaintiff and health care providers make? What is the caliber of the attorneys representing the parties? Where is the venue? Who is the judge? What are the legal issues presented? Q. What must I prove in my case? Q. How do I go about proving these elements? Q. What kinds of things can I recover damages for? Q. Do you have experts on your staff who testify in these types of cases? Q. Are there any assurances that my case will be prosecuted to its conclusion? Q. How long will my case take? Q. Will I have to attend court hearings? Q. How will I go about paying you for your time and expenses? Q. What kind of expenses are involved? Q. Is there any way that you can take away the doctor's license to practice medicine? Q. How does your firm go about deciding if I have a case? Q. What are my chances of making a recovery in a malpractice case? Q. Will the defendant offer to settle my case? Q. If the defendant makes a settlement offer, how will I know if it is fair? Q. Will we have to go to trial? Q. What is a deposition? Q. Will I have to give a deposition? Q. Are there any documents you will need from me? Q. Are there limits on what I can recover in a malpractice case? http://www.medlawlegalteam.com/medical_malpractice_faqs.html http://www.medicalmalpractice.com/ |