| The Discovery Rule and Medical Malpractice |
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| The Discovery Rule and Medical Malpractice More... |
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| Hospital Liability for Defective Medical Equipment |
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| Hospital Liability for Defective Medical Equipment 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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| Municipal Hospital Tort Immunity |
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| Municipal Hospital Tort Immunity More... |
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| Physician/patient relationship |
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| Every doctor has a duty to reasonably care for and treat his or her patient, and a violation of that duty is medical malpractice. The core of the physician's duty comes from the existence of a physician/patient relationship, without which a claim of malpractice cannot be made despite the fact that a patient has suffered an injury. The law recognizes that a very special relationship exists between a doctor and his patient, creating the physician's duty of trust and fidelity to all those he treats. The law also recognizes that a patient who has been injured by a doctor while in this special relationship may be able to recover for his injuries. More... |
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