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Medical Malpractice

Florida's New Medical Malpractice Law Makes Suing Doctors and Hospitals More Difficult for Injured Patients

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 06.06.2013 | Miami
Spencer Aronfeld

These changes are yet another example of how seemingly minuscule tweaking of a statute can create a tectonic shifting of power by stripping away the legal rights of the weakest members of our community and handing them over to the rich and powerful.

Carolina Infant's Mistaken Sex Assignment Surgery More Than a Case of Malpractice

Erica K. Landau | Posted 05.31.2013 | Gay Voices
Erica K. Landau

Born intersex, the child identified in court papers only as "M.C." had "ambiguous genitals" and "both male and female reproductive organs." When he was 16 months old and a ward of the state, doctors and health officials in South Carolina decided that he would become a girl.

'The Physical Attraction' -- Why Americans Should Have an Annual Medical Exam

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 05.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Spencer Aronfeld

The point of this post is to illustrate how medical malpractice law works in an effort to motivate you to receive at least a yearly physical and blood work, and to encourage you to focus on disease prevention and health optimization.

Cookbook Medicine Is a Recipe for Disaster

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Joanne Doroshow

When triggered by the desire to reduce unwarranted variation in practice and provide patients with benchmark quality care, adherence to clinical guidelines can often improve patient safety. But turning guidelines into legal standards would be bad for both patients and doctors.

Paying for Health Care

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Joseph Blady, M.D.

If you're 30, you may not notice. But if you're my age, tell me honestly you don't see a difference. Want to replace fee-for service? Go ahead. I'm for anything that works, as long as it doesn't turn off quality youngsters from wanting to be doctors.

2 Years Of Chemo, But She Didn't Have Cancer

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.18.2013 | World

A Swedish woman endured chemotherapy and other cancer treatments for two years, leaving her with weak bones, compressed vertebrae and brain damage tha...

Surgeons Left SIXTEEN Medical Odds And Ends In Man's Body

The Huffington Post | Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 01.17.2013 | Healthy Living

A hospital in Germany is being sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left more than a dozen medical odds and ends inside a cancer pati...

Patients, Beware When Doctors 'Go Bare'

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 03.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Spencer Aronfeld

Because uninsured doctors are undesirable defendants for most personal injury lawyers, when any Florida medical malpractice lawyer investigates a potential claim, one of the first questions asked is, "Does the doctor have malpractice insurance?"

Child With Cerebral Palsy Dies In Nursing Home Hours After State Takes Her From Mom

Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 12.07.2012 | Miami

The emergence of the tragic story of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who died in a Miami nursing home last year is casting a harsh spotlight on...

Jury Awards $1.5 Million in Suicide Malpractice Suit

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 11.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Peter Breggin

A Syracuse, N.Y. jury has awarded a $1.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the family of a man who committed suicide. I was the medical expert for the family.

Doctors Make Mistakes, Too

James Stack | Posted 01.05.2013 | TED Weekends
James Stack

While I'd like to say I haven't seen among the younger generation of doctors the arrogance once taken for granted among those from my father's, and my, generation, I have had one disappointing encounter.

Dentist Allegedly Used Laughing Gas In Front Of Patients

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 11.05.2012 | Business

Going to the dentist ranks among Americans's greatest fears, and many swear by nitrous oxide -- you know, laughing gas -- to get through the procedure...

The Other Victims of Medical Errors

Amy D. Waterman, Ph.D. | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
Amy D. Waterman, Ph.D.

How do we reconcile our commitment to excellence in health care with the inevitability of medical errors? How can we be comforted while accepting our fallibility as humans? The words of Voltaire -- "Perfection is the enemy of the good" -- point to one possibility.

'Doctors Make Mistakes': A Commentary on Medical Errors

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

I am heartened by the dawn of what is called "patient-centered care." This is far more than a slogan; it is a deep and abiding commitment by caregivers to put the patient first, foremost, in a medical care system too often organized for the convenience of caregivers and administrators.

About My Error

David Ring, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
David Ring, M.D., Ph.D.

While leaving that day I saw the director of the operating room walking towards me. What would he say? The possibilities raced across my mind.

Exposing the Lie of Tort Reform

Larry Bodine | Posted 12.18.2012 | Crime
Larry Bodine

We can only hope that the Missouri Supreme Court starts a nationwide trend, supported by these and other studies, to eradicate the disease of tort reform.

Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?

Brian Goldman, MD | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
Brian Goldman, MD

Since January of this year, more than half a million people have seen my talk. A small number of people have (rightly) taken me to task for not doing better. But most have been incredibly supportive of my call for health professionals to talk openly about their mistakes.

How Hospitals Can Stop Killing as Many Patients

Kare Anderson | Posted 12.10.2012 | Books
Kare Anderson

Let us strongly urge our doctors, the administrators of the larger practices many of them are rapidly joining, and their affiliated hospitals to attract us as patients and as referrers for our loved ones and friends.

Romney Health Care Plan Doesn't Address Critical Issue Either

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's health care proposals wouldn't slow rising health care costs or significantly reduce the number of Ameri...

Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: Yes, Deal Better With the Issues but Don't Get Sidelined From More Costly, Needed Health Care Reforms

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 10.13.2012 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Medical malpractice costs are a flash point for physicians and malpractice trial lawyers, each side claiming their solutions must be heeded to avoid potential disaster for patients and our health care delivery system.

Family Of SF Man Who Died During Surgery Seeks Justice

| Posted 09.02.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung The family of a San Francisco man who died after a 2008 surgery filed an...

How Your OB/GYN's Fear of Malpractice Can Affect Your Healthcare

Babble.com | Posted 08.14.2012 | Parents
Babble.com

My doctor suggested a number of medical interventions prior to and during my labor, including induction and continuous electronic fetal monitoring. Had they been necessary?

Man Dies During Extramarital Threesome, His Family Gets $3 Million

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.01.2012 | Weird News

The family of a man who died while having a threesome with a woman and a male friend has been awarded $3 million from his cardiologist because the doc...

A Mother's Hunch and A Doctor's Mistake

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 07.03.2012 | Parents
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

The picture is adorable; a pink little angel with feathery wings, wearing a faux pearl necklace and toddler-sized glasses atop her button nose. Her na...

Dentist Dropped Tool Down Woman's Throat, Lawsuit Claims

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 04.27.2012 | Weird News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky woman is suing a dentist, accusing him of dropping a small screwdriver down her throat that migrated to her digestive tr...