Analyses of Medical Malpractice in Judicial Appraisal: 505 Cases

The role of custom in medical malpractice cases.

“ Loss of Chance ” Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Cases

One of the earliest decisions on this subject opines that the “all or nothing” rule provides a “blanket release from liability for doctors and hospitals any time there was less than a 50 percent chance of survival, regardless of how flagrant the negligence.”7 Another more recent decision notes that the “all or nothing” approach “fails to recognize the common sense proposition that a loss of cha...

Res Ipsa Loquitur--Its Future in Medical Malpractice Cases

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Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004

Frequency of orthodontic malpractice cases and verdicts filed at the Iranian Medical Council during 1994-2004 Dr. Akhoundi, M.S.* - Dr. Kharrazi Fard, M.J.** - Dr. Rahmatian, SH.***- Dr. Chalipa, J.****- Dr. Hosseini MH.****  *Associate Professor of Orthodontics Dept., Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University / Medical Sciences. **Dentist, Statistical Editor. ***Dentist. *Assistant Professor of ...