Legal Formulation Patient Protection in Medical Malpractice

Evaluation of Anesthesia Malpractice Files Referred to the Isfahan Legal Medical Center in 2009-2015

Aims: Today with increasing the number of surgeries and their variety, malpractice complaints against are increased. The aim of this study was to recognize the causes and effective factors in injuries lead to the anesthesia malpractice. Instruments and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was carried out on the files of malpractice complains against the anesthesia care tea...

Legal Malpractice Prevention

SOME “RED FLAGS” are obvious in suggesting a problematic client. Others are the product of data about legal malpractice claims, in terms of their frequency and severity. Lawyers who have been sued for legal malpractice often report that they had a “bad feeling” about the client or the case from the start, but they felt they needed the work, they couldn’t say “no,” or they felt compelled to help...

Medical Malpractice Crisis Medical Malpractice Crisis

Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Address the Problems Associated with Medical Malpractice?

Political battles over malpractice reform have recurred for 35 years, starting at the state level. Many states have enacted caps on awards and other tort reforms amid liability insurance crises proclaimed in the mid-1970s, mid-1980s, and early 2000s. Since the mid-1990s, Republicans have unsuccessfully sought similar malpractice limits at the federal level. Sharp run-ups in claims rates precede...

Medical malpractice: a case study in medical and legal decision making.

The conference was organized in part to dispel some of the misinformation that interferes with cooperative efforts of attorneys and physicians to redress the malpractice situation. During discussion of the hypothetical case, participants identified how medical decision-making responsibilities were allocated among health care providers caring for the patient. Panel members suggested ways in whic...