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- Personal Injury Lawsuits: Hospitals and Clinics Adjust To Increase in Infection Injury Malpractice Cases
- What is the Virginia Medical Malpractice Cap and What Does It Mean to a Patient Injured by a Medical Mistake?
- Why Families Need Personal Injury Attorneys-Another Medical Error Horror Story
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- Doctor Blows Whistle On Washington, DC, Nursing Home Grand Park Care Center
- South Carolina AARP Will Train Patient Safety Advocates To Prevent Medical Malpractice
- Charitable Foundation Affiliated with the East Virginia Medical School Denied Medical Malpractice Immunity
- West Virginia Man Attempts To Sue Doctor For Scalpel Blade In Thumb, Battles Statute of Limitations
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Surgical Errors, Nursing Home Negligence, Medical Malpractice Lawyers
- Failure To Diagnose Diabetes
- How Common Is A Brain Tumor Misdiagnosis?
- Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis and Failure To Diagnose Breast Cancer
October Library Items: Failure to Diagnose and Misdiagnosis
When many people think about medical malpractice, they think of surgical errors -- the national stories that involve a doctor amputated the wrong foot of a patient or a physician leaving a medical instrument behind in a patient's chest cavity. However, some of the most common medical malpractice cases don't focus on what a doctor did wrong, but rather what a doctor didn't do at all. Failure to diagnose cases and misdiagnosis cases are all too common in America. In fact, according to www.wrongdiagnosis.com, 20% of medical malpractice cases involve a doctor's failure to diagnose, while 30% of medical malpractice cases involve misdiagnosis.This month, we focused our Library Items on these two important medical malpractice types, taking a closer look at three diseases that are often misdiagnosed or missed altogether: brain tumors, breast cancer, and diabetes. We also want you to know that a failed diagnosis or misdiagnosis is just as serious as a surgical error - letting diseases or conditions worsen can lead to complications, unforeseen expenses, permanent disabilities, and even death.
Please take a few moment and read our new library items and learn more about how you can prevent a failed diagnosis or missed diagnosis:
As always, contact us if you or someone you love has been the victim of a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose. Doctors have a responsibility to care for us and to correctly investigate our ailments - don't continue to suffer alone.
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