How Do You Avoid Being The Victim Of Medical Malpractice? Ask Questions; Demand Answers
Medical professionals are busy people. Doctors have patients in the hospital for whom they need to round, they have office hours where they are seeing outpatients, they have research to complete, medical students and residents to teach, and you or your loved one is just a piece of his or her practice. So how do you minimize the likelihood of a bad outcome due to negligence?
Ask questions. Ask the nurse, therapist, doctor, or resident/intern taking care of you or your loved one what is going on. Some medical negligence happens in circumstances where there is only a short period of time relevant to the care, such as a birth injury when an obstetrician waited fifteen minutes too long before calling for a caesarian section. In ...
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