Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is a form of negligence where an injury results from the failure of a medical professional or medical facility (doctor, nurse, medical technician, psychiatrist hospital, or healthcare facility) to exercise adequate care, skill or diligence in performing a duty. A doctor has a duty to you to use care and diligence to diagnose your illness so that the proper treatment can be recommended. In order to properly diagnose a condition, a doctor should ask about a patient's medical history as well as his or her family's medical history. The determination of whether a duty of care is met depends upon the standard of care for that professional or facility in their community. In other words, the applicable duty arises from the accepted practices of other professionals or facilities in the same field and geographical area. In the case of a doctor who is a medical specialist, the standard of care is determined by the standard of good medical practice in that specialty within the community. RobertsMiceli LLP provides aggressive representation to victims of medical malpractice.
Related Links
- AMA Doctor Finder
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Anatomy of the Human Body
- Health Care Choices - Physician Profiles
- Health Grades: Guiding America to a Better Healthcare
- Lectric Law Library Lawcopedia's: Medical Malpractice
- MedExplorer.com
- Medical Abbreviations
- Medical Malpractice News from World News Network
- Medical Matrix - Links to Many Medical Resources
- Medicine Plus Medical Dictionary
- Merck Manuals Online Medical Library
- National Health Law Program
- Pub Med
- The National Library of Medicine
- The New England Journal of Medicine
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