Doctors, nurses, midwives, and nursing home staff aren’t bound by law to be perfect; however, they are bound to provide a standard of care that is ordinary and on par with others in their professions. When they don’t, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit and should contact our attorneys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Pennsauken, New Jersey for legal representation.
Medical malpractice (or medical negligence) can take a variety of forms. If a medical professional ignores your symptoms, prescribes the wrong medication, or botches your surgery, you may have a medical malpractice claim. Likewise, caregivers for children, newborns, and the elderly can cause injury and even death through negligence or abuse, and you should have a right to hold them accountable. Read about these forms of medical malpractice, and others, to the right.
If a doctor ignores your symptoms and fails to diagnose diabetes, meningitis, cancer, heart disease, heart attack, stroke, or another serious health condition, you may have a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Your life can be put into danger by a doctor’s mistakes, ignorance, or negligence. If a doctor fails to recognize your symptoms and you are left injured, you can hold your physician legally responsible. Similarly, if a doctor misdiagnoses you, and this leads to harmful, unnecessary surgery, you may have a case. You may also have a case if a doctor fails to administer a diagnostic test that could have led to a proper diagnosis, or fails to act on abnormal test results.
Medical malpractice cases like these are most successful when the victim suffers a serious injury as a result of not being diagnosed, or receiving a wrong diagnosis (which can lead to improper treatment, unnecessary surgery, or even death).
If a medical professional fails to properly evaluate your symptoms, and their negligence leads to an injury, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit. Doctors are required to evaluate you with care and attention, and neglecting this duty can put patients in danger. If you feel a doctor neglected your symptoms or failed to listen to you, and you suffered an injury as a result of this negligence, you may have a case. Contact our medical malpractice attorneys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey today.
Remember, medical professionals are not bound by law to be perfect. In many cases, even the best treatment can fail to make a patient healthy. Doctors are, however, required to give patients treatments that are proper and necessary. If you were injured as a result of improper treatment such as an unnecessary surgery, or suffered as a result of improper treatment because the doctor misdiagnosed your illness, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Doctors are required to provide patients a normal standard of treatment, and not subject them to any unnecessary or improper drugs, surgeries, or other treatments. If this was not the case, and you have suffered an injury as a result, contact our medical malpractice attorneys today.
Medications can be improperly administered, which may put patients in grave peril. For example, transcription errors can result in the patient receiving a higher or lower dose of medication than required. Sometimes, a hospital administers the wrong medication entirely, or fails to administer the medication in a timely manner.
Medication errors such as these can cause serious injury and even result in the death of a patient. Sometimes these injuries and fatalities occur very quickly.
It’s estimated that 2.4 percent of medication errors such as these result in patient injury. If you or a loved one has been injured as a direct result of the improper administering of medication, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Shein Law Center today.
Before a doctor performs a procedure on you, especially a risky one, he or she must give you information about the procedure and you must consent to the procedure while being aware of its risks, limitations, and goals. Informed consent requires more than just a “yes,” it requires you to be aware of the risks, purpose, cost, and recovery time of the procedure. You must give informed consent in writing after having time to talk over the procedure with your family and ask the doctor questions about it.
Consent is not required in emergency situations or when the patient is unconscious. In these particular instances, a family member or guardian will be appointed to make informed decisions on the patient’s behalf, or, in an emergency situation, medical staff will perform the necessary procedures needed to save the patient’s life in a timely manner.
If you do not give informed consent for a risky procedure and suffer injury as a result, you should contact a medical malpractice lawyer. Even if you sign a consent form and your doctor provides you with substandard care, you may be able to file a medical malpractice lawsuit.
If you think you have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from lack of informed consent, talk to our attorneys today. Conveniently located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey, we are ready to serve you.
Laser eye surgery such as LASIK is a lucrative industry. When performed correctly, laser eye surgery can enhance patients’ vision and quality of life, but when the surgery is performed negligently, patients can experience vision loss and other debilitating after effects like double vision, halos, and glare.
Laser eye surgery is a relatively new procedure, and it is not right for everyone. It is important that surgeons inform patients of the risks of this delicate procedure.
Those who have had a poorly performed laser eye surgery should be compensated under the law for their vision loss, as well as pain and suffering. If this has happened to you, our medical malpractice attorneys can help you bring a successful lawsuit against the responsible party. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey, Shein Law Center offices are conveniently located to serve local area residents throughout the region. Contact us today for a review of your medical malpractice case.
Doctors, nurses, and midwives sometimes provide a substandard level of care to newborns that can cause them major health problems. Neonatal negligence claims most commonly stem from:
Neonatal injuries sustained as a result of negligent caregivers can cause persistent health problems throughout the newborn's life. Medical professionals should examine newborns for hip dysplastia, jaundice, and other common conditions. Failure to do so can cause major health problems for the baby and may for the basis for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
If your child suffers from health problems that stem from a condition that should have been detected by their neonatal physician, contact our medical malpractice attorneys today.
In a hospital situation, nurses and medical assistants play an integral role in caring for patients. In most cases, nurses and medical assistants are hardworking professionals who carefully and attentively provide care to patients. However, in some instances, nurses and medical assistants can improperly administer medication or otherwise provide a substandard level of care.
If a nurse or medical assistant provided you or a loved one with negligent care that resulted in injury, these caregivers may be held legally accountable for their actions through a medical malpractice lawsuit. Our experienced attorneys have offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey to serve you. Contact Shein Law Center today.
For many families, it is difficult to make the decision to place their loved ones into a nursing home. Many nursing homes offer superior care to the elderly and disabled, however, the level of care in other nursing homes may be unacceptable due to poor staffing, staff negligence, and even instances of elder abuse.
The signs of nursing home negligence or abuse may be subtle. If your loved one shows signs of bedsores, malnutrition, dehydration, poor hygiene, unexplained injuries, depression or fearfulness, you may have reason to suspect neglect or abuse and should contact an attorney immediately. Our medical malpractice attorneys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey can help you file a medical malpractice lawsuit against those responsible for the harm of your loved one. Contact us today.
Your child can be injured or even killed as a result of negligence on the part of a doctor. Infants and children cannot give informed consent, but a parent or guardian should be appointed to give informed consent on their behalf before any medical procedures are carried out.
If your child has been injured or killed as a clear result of negligence, you may have a medical malpractice case and should contact the attorneys at Shein Law Center today.
You have a right to be properly informed and give full consent before undergoing any surgical procedure. In addition, you have a right to obtain a certain standard of care. Unnecessary surgery can stem from an improper diagnosis or failure to properly evaluate your symptoms. If you are injured or a loved on has died as a result of a poorly performed or unnecessary surgery, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit and should contact our attorneys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pennsauken, New Jersey today.
At Shein Law Center, we have successfully represented injured victims and their families in medical malpractice (negligence) claims. Successful claims can be brought by the medical malpractice victim themselves; the family of a child, infant, or elder injured by medical negligence; or the family of a victim killed as a result of medical malpractice.
Because your attorney must show that your injury was a direct result of negligence on the part of your doctor, nurse, or other caregiver, a medical malpractice lawsuit can be difficult to prove. However, our Pennsylvania and New Jersey medical attorneys at Shein Law Center have the experience to successfully argue your case and obtain the compensation you deserve.
If you believe that you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit, contact Shein Law Center to discuss your case with one of our talented medical malpractice attorneys in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Pennsauken, New Jersey.
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