MEDICAL MALPRACTICE WRONGFUL DEATH ATTORNEY

The medical profession is very demanding, physically, mentally, and emotionally. For many doctors, the pressure of the job can cause fatigue, distraction, emotional distress and/or other conditions that cause them to make mistakes. In addition, lack of proper education or lack of experience can result in substandard medical care leading to a patient’s serious injury or death.

Common forms of medical malpractice that may result in the death of a patient include:

• Failure to diagnose;
• Medication errors;
• Surgical errors;
• Misdiagnosis;
• Errors in testing and screening;
• Lack of care/abandonment;
• Communication errors;
• Continuation of ineffective treatment;
• Improper use of medical instruments;
• Retention of surgical instruments in a patient post-surgery;
• Poorly or incorrectly performed treatment; and
• Lack of informed consent.

Healthcare professionals should be held to a high standard because their errors can cost patients their lives. Medical malpractice does not only occur at the hands of doctors, however. Nurses, technicians, hospitals and other medical facilities may also cause the death of a patient through negligence, improper administering of medications, improper use of equipment, and the failure to maintain and follow medically accepted policies and procedures. Most reputable physicians, medical practices, and hospitals carry malpractice insurance. When you pursue a civil legal action against a physician for medical malpractice wrongful death, you are generally pursuing fiscal compensation from your provider’s malpractice insurer.