Medical Malpractice - When You Have a Case
Posted on Mar 13, 2010 2:07pm PST
After people have been injured or developed physical conditions that require medical attention, they expect to go to physicians, clinics, hospitals or emergency rooms and be diagnosed and properly treated. Yet, they sad reality is, many people who seek medical treatment are subjected to negligent medical practices and reckless medical professionals who endanger their lives instead of helping them heal. While everyone makes mistakes, anytime medical professionals make errors, they can harm their innocent patients.
Medical malpractice is defined as a negligent act or failure to treat patients with the normal amount of care that another medical professional would provide. Negligence or lack of appropriate treatment may then result in injury or harm to patients.
Negligence, by law, occurs when medical professionals make mistakes while diagnosing, treating, or managing their patients' illnesses, which leads to their patients being harmed. In order for people to take legal action after they feel they have been victimized by medical malpractice, they must be able to prove that:
- they were being treated by a medical professionals
- medical professionals acted negligently or recklessly
- due to medical professionals' negligence the patients incurred injuries or bodily harm
If you believe that you have a medical malpractice case, but would like to discuss your situation with a lawyer,
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