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BROOKLYN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ATTORNEYS
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What is Medical Malpractice:
It is a doctor’s failure to exercise the degree of care and skill that a physician or surgeon of the same degree and specialty would use under similar circumstances. Also called med mal.
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Quick Facts About Hospital Errors:
According to the JAMA, over 225,000 people die each year due to errors. This has become the third leading cause of death in the United States.
- 12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery.
- 7,000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals.
- 20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals.
- 80,000 deaths/year from nosocomial infections in hospitals.
- 106,000 deaths/year from nonerror, adverse effects of medications.
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To Prevail In A Patient Neglect Cases;
The claimant must usually show the following:
- The health care provider owed a duty to the patient.
- The health care provider breached that duty.
- The patient suffered an injury.
- The patient's injury was a proximate cause of the health care provider's breach.
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A physician owes a duty to a patient once a "doctor-patient" relationship has been formed.
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