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INFORMED CONSENT │ PHYSICIAN’S DUTY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
In non-emergency situations, medical professionals are required by law to obtain a mentally competent patient’s informed consent for a particular course of treatment. The idea of informed consent is to give patients a meaningful opportunity to be informed about their own … Continue reading →
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Tagged alternative treatment, benefits, decision, informed consent, lawsuit, legal claim, medical malpractice, patient, physician duty, risks
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MEDICOLEGAL PITFALLS OF LAPAROSCOPY – Informed Consent, Risks, Intraoperative Errors, Vascular & Organ Injuries, Postoperative Complications
There has been amazing growth in the actual performance and acceptance of laparoscopy in surgery. As with all surgical treatments, problems may appear, nevertheless, laparoscopy isn’t any exclusion. Surgeons that perform laparoscopy should not only be experienced within the technique … Continue reading →
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Tagged bleeding, defense, dissection closure error, entry-error, ileus, informed consent, intraperative error, lack of experience, Laparoscopic surgery, medical malpractice, plaintiff, postoperative complication, risks, standard of care, surgeon, surgical error, vascular organ injury
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UNDERSTANDING CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
It costs about $80,000 to defend a cardiologist in a medical malpractice claim resulting in payment—nearly four times the cost in ophthalmology, the least expensive specialty to defend. That is a great deal of money, and it likely heightens cardiologists’ … Continue reading →
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Tagged ablation, AV node damage, bleeding, cardiologist, cardiology, coumadin, electrophysiologist, esophagus perforation, failure to diagnose, failure to timely act, heparin, improper informed consent, lawsuit, liability, medical malpractice, medical-legal, myocardial infarction, neurological damage, pulmonary stenosis, pulmonary vein stenosis, risks, standard of care, stroke, surgical complications, transesophageal echocardiogram, undiagnosed epidural abscess, vascular access complications
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