Valleywide Legal Blog
Are We Headed Back to the Bad Old Days?
My granddaughter and I were looking at songs in a folk singing book the other day and one of them was “Sweet Molly Malone.” If you know the song, you know Molly was a fishmonger in old Dublin, who died … Read More
The Danger of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
We are surrounded by life forms that are constantly mutating and changing. This is particularly true of bacteria. Because they have such short life spans, they can evolve quickly to meet threats. That is exactly what they have done to … Read More
Defensive Medicine is a Fraud.
Defensive medicine is the name doctors give to the tests or treatment they admit are unnecessary but they order anyway out of what they claim is fear of being sued for malpractice. It is an unethical fraud and the doctors … Read More
Posted in Cancer, Defensive Medicine, Doctors, Fee for Service, Fraud, health, Health Care Costs, Health Insurers, Hospitals, Infection, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Medical Costs, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, tort reform | Infections and Medical Malpractice
I see a lot of prospective clients who became infected after a hospital stay or after a procedure in a doctor’s office. Sometimes the infection is relatively minor. Sometimes it is devastating. Sometimes it is fatal. I can’t do much … Read More
Posted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, blood infections, Hospitals, Infection, Lawsuits, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Nurses, plaintiff, Sepsis | Hospital Infections
Hospitals are where the sick people are. While patients may go home after they get better, they often leave bacteria and viruses behind, where they infect the next round of patients. You may go to the hospital to get well, … Read More
Posted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, blood infections, Doctors, General Health, health, healthy living, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Infection, Medicare, Nurses, Sepsis | Caesarian Sections
The Caesarian section can be a life saver for both the mother and her baby. There are a number of conditions which can develop during pregnancy or during the delivery process which require that the baby be delivered by C-section. … Read More
Hip Replacements.
One consequence of our lengthening life spans is that we are wearing out our original equipment. Our knees and hips were not intended to last 60 or 70 years. They certainly weren’t intended to support the heavy bodies so many … Read More
Posted in Arizona Medical Board, Blood Clots, blood infections, Board Certification, Doctors, heart attack, Hip Replacement, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Infection, joint replacement, Medical Devices, Medicare, Nurses, Obesity, Orthopedics, Pulmonary Embolism, Sepsis, Surgical Errors | Coronavirus Complicates Malpractice Cases.
To the list of the many, many damaging effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, you can add that it makes medical malpractice cases more difficult. In order to successfully pursue a medical malpractice claim, a patient must prove that the health … Read More
Posted in Blood Clots, Cancer, Doctors, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Infection, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical malpractice claims, medical mistakes, Misdiagnosis, Nurses, science news, Sepsis, Stroke | Misdiagnosis News.
I have written often about misdiagnosis. See here and here, for example. It is a frequent subject because it is the most common form of medical malpractice. Some new research suggests that the most damaging misdiagnoses occur in a relatively small … Read More
Posted in blood infections, Cancer, Doctors, health, Infection, Lung Cancer, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice claims, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Sepsis, Stroke | A New Problem For Hospitals – And Patients
When you go to the hospital for an operation, you expect that the hospital will have the surgical instruments and medical devices the surgeon will need to perform the procedure. With rare exceptions, that has not been a problem in … Read More
