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The Bad Result.
Medicine is an art, not a science. There is far more that we do not understand about the human body than we do understand. When you receive medical treatment or undergo a surgical procedure, no one...
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The Arizona Legislature Does Not Like You.
The Arizona legislature does not like you, if you have been a victim of medical malpractice. They have enacted several laws which apply only to victims of medical malpractice and which are intended to...
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The Dishonest Hospital
I came across an interesting story recently that resonated with me because I have seen this in my practice. A Kentucky woman who noticed a lump in her breast went to have it checked out at a local...
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The Never Event.
In 2001, the concept of “never events” was introduced. The idea was that a never event was one which was identifiable, caused serious injury or death and was almost always preventable. The original...
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Physician Conflicts of Interest
Physicians occupy a special place in our society. They are respected and honored. They are often well-compensated for their efforts. We trust our doctors. Very few patients ever think that the...
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USA! USA! We’re Number – Eleven? The Commonwealth Fund was founded in 1918 to create better, more accessible health care systems. Since 2004, it has been conducting studies of the health care...
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The Danger of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
We are surrounded by life forms that are constantly mutating and changing. This is particularly true of bacteria. Because they have such short life spans, they can evolve quickly to meet threats....
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The Good Bacteria
Last week I wrote about some of the dangers of overuse and misuse of antibiotics: they create resistance among the disease causing bacteria and make antibiotics less effective in saving lives. There...
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Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates And Entitled Doctors
Recently, my daughter, who teaches high school art, asked me why, if malpractice cases are so hard to win, do doctors continue to complain about high malpractice insurance rates. I thought that was a...
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What Exactly Is Medical Malpractice?
Everybody talks about medical malpractice but when you ask them about it, you find people have different ideas about what it really is. Given its legal definition, this difference of opinion is not...
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The Role of Causation in Medical Malpractice Cases
Last week I wrote about the standard of care. Standard of care is the first element a patient must prove to win a medical malpractice case. The second element of proof is that the breach of the...
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Damages: The Third and Final Element of a Medical Malpractice Case
Over the past two weeks, I have written about the first two required elements of a medical malpractice case: Standard of Care and Causation. There is a final requirement. It is that the breach of...
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Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Melanoma
A diagnosis of melanoma was often a death sentence. It was and remains today one of the most dangerous of the skin cancers. However, as science has marched on, there have been a number of...
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Be Careful
The physician/patient relationship is one of the most important in our lives. We place our lives and our trust in the hands of the physicians who provide medical treatment to us and our families. We...
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The Important Doctor You Never See
There is a doctor whose work is very important to your health. Her decisions may be the difference between life and death for you. Her decisions may determine if you undergo surgery. Her decisions...
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The Importance of Hiring a Certified Specialist in Personal Injury and...
I can’t drive down the street without seeing lawyers advertising for personal injury cases. Their faces stare out at me from the sides of buses, from billboards and from bus stop shelters. I can’t...
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Want To Live A Long And Healthy Life? Be Born Rich.
I don’t suppose it has ever been different over the course of human history, but our society is unequal. More and more research studies are “finding” that inequality makes a big difference in how...
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Hospital Billing Practices Can Send You To The Poorhouse.
The way in which hospitals bill their patients is a sin. It ought to be against the law, but it is not. Hospitals can charge whatever they want for a medical procedure and often do. Some studies...
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The Truth About Medical Malpractice Juries
It is an article of faith among doctors that medical malpractice juries are anti-doctor, incompetent to resolve medical questions and overly generous to patients who bring lawsuits. They have been...
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Practice Makes Perfect
“Practice makes perfect.” How often have we heard that old bromide? Perhaps the main reason it has lasted so long is that there is a lot of truth to it. There certainly is when the subject is...
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