Medical Malpractice Claims In Other Countries
January 27, 2012
While we have been blogging about medical malpractice issues in the United States daily for almost one year, we thought we would broaden our horizons to see how other countries may address medical malpractice claims. We started to investigate medical malpractice cases in other Western countries and [...]
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World Hepatitis Day
August 4, 2011
July 28, 2011 was designated as the first World Hepatitis Day by the World Health Organization. Viral hepatitis affects more than 500 million people worldwide, millions more are infected every year, and more than 1 million people die from hepatitis each year. Hepatitis can cause premature death due[...]
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Tort Reformers Want YOU To Pay For Medical Mistakes
July 24, 2011
Those who advocate for so-called “tort reform” want to limit the amount of legitimate past, present, and future medical expenses that can be recovered from negligent medical providers. They do so by arguing that there needs to be “caps”(maximum amounts) that people can reco[...]
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Medical Malpractice Negligence
July 16, 2011
Most doctors are competent and provide appropriate medical care most of the time. However, even highly competent doctors may make a medical mistake once in awhile. While many medical mistakes may not cause injuries or result in death to patients (some patients may not even know that a medical mistak[...]
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