| Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis |
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| Failure to Diagnose AppendicitisMore... |
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| Veterinarians |
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| Although some courts have found that the concept of medical malpractice does not apply to veterinarians, many have concluded that the concepts of professional negligence apply based on the conduct of a veterinarian in the performance of his/her professional services. The practice of veterinary medicine, like the practices of medicine and law, require specialized education, knowledge, and skills, and veterinarians have a duty to use their skills in the same manner that would be ordinarily expected of other careful, skillful veterinarians either in the locality or in the more extended community.More... |
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| Liability for Administering Drugs |
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| When prescribing drugs to treat a patient, a physician is expected to use the same standard of care and skill that is normally possessed and exercised under the same circumstances by physicians in good standing in the same or similar locations. In most cases, a doctor is liable for injuries to a patient resulting from the administration of the wrong drug. Some courts have found that the manufacturers' inserts containing use recommendations are prima facie evidence of the standard of care to be followed by physicians in using the medication, but other courts have concluded that this information from manufacturers is admissible only as some evidence as to the standard of care, not rising to the level of prima facie evidence.More... |
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| Liability of Ambulance Attendants and Emergency Medical Technicians |
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| Many times the first contact that a sick or injured individual has with a hospital is when an ambulance arrives at his home, the attendant and the emergency medical technician work over him, and he is loaded into the ambulance for the trip to the hospital. Now assume that the patient is in even worse shape when he gets to the hospital, and the reason for the decline in his condition appears to be the conduct of the emergency health care provider. Does the patient have a cause of action for medical malpractice against the health care providers or their employers, and if so, do the health care providers have any defenses against the action?More... |
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| Malpractice in Female Sterilization |
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| In order to permanently prevent a woman from becoming pregnant, a physician may perform one of a number of sterilization procedures. Sterilization may be accomplished through the removal of the uterus, both ovaries, both fallopian tubes, or a closure of the fallopian tubes. A tubal closure is currently the most common procedure when the sole purpose of the procedure is to prevent pregnancy. More... |
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