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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
When a doctor recommends taking a family member off of life support or signing a do not resuscitate form , is this the right decision? It depends on the specific situation and if there are financial ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
If you or someone you love has been injured by a medical professional or medical facility, it may be the result of medical malpractice. It's important to understand that just because you were ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Overcrowded hospital emergency rooms have turned into a major problem for hospitals and patients. Although most patients who visit an emergency room are provided the proper medical care they need, ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
One of the most difficult and stressful experiences any family can encounter is the unexpected death of a loved one. When someone dies from the negligence of a doctor, nurse, medical facility, or ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Most people probably think they will never experience a medical mistake or medical error when visiting a hospital, doctor's office or medical facility for treatment. After all, these are highly ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
When a patient enters a hospital or doctor's office, they trust the doctors and nurses to provide the proper medical treatment. When a doctor or nurse fails to provide the proper treatment to a ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical negligence can be defined as the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a medical professional, which deviates from the accepted standard of care. It's important to understand that ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Cancer is a broad group of various diseases, which involve unregulated cell growth. Normal cells grow and multiply when the body needs them to grow and multiple, and die when the body no longer ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Turning off life support or initiating end of life care for a family member is a subject nobody wants to face. This is probably one of the most difficult and heart-wrenching decisions that people have ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The American Medical Association released a study which finds more medical malpractice liability claims stem from events that occurred in ambulatory settings than anywhere else. The study titled, ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Although the new federal healthcare reforms won't be enacted until 2014, that is not stopping many California hospitals from making many efficiency changes now. Hospitals must adapt quickly to a ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
MICRA or the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act was enacted in California to limit the amount of non-economic damages victims of medical malpractice could be awarded. In 1975 MICRA was passed, ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A serious problem is happening in emergency rooms throughout the country. Hospital emergency rooms have become an overcrowded and chaotic environment. Often the medical staff is overworked, tired, and ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The death of a loved one is never expected by any family. If a victim of medical malpractice died from the negligence of a doctor, nurse, hospital, or medical facility, then a wrongful death claim may ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places the number of deaths from medical malpractice each year around 225,000, making it the third leading cause of death in the United States, following heart attacks ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a medical professional, which deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Examples of what is medical malpractice or ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places medical malpractice deaths as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Death from heart attacks and cancer rank number one and number two respectively. ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In 1975, with the help of strong lobbying effort by doctors and medical professionals, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act or MICRA was passed. Prior to the passing of this legislation, doctors ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year thousands of Americans suffer unnecessary pain, injuries, and even death from cancer misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosing cancer. Failure to diagnose a cancer , allows the cancer to spread ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A wrongful death causes enormous pain and suffering to a victim's family. When a death results directly from the actions or lack of actions of another person, the term wrongful death is applied. A ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
There are many advantages to retaining the services of an attorney who is also a physician. One of the main areas where a client will benefit from having a lawyer who is also a licensed medical doctor ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Test communication failures for diagnostic testing are placing doctors at an increased risk of medical malpractice claims, as stated in an article selected as the "CME Activity of the Month" ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
After years of public service announcements and medical agencies touting the benefits of regular cancer screenings for cervical, prostate, and breast cancers, expert medical groups are now ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A recent survey conducted by John Hopkins titled, "Survey Reveals Reasons Doctors Avoid Online Error-Reporting Tools" concludes medical professionals in radio therapy do not report ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Some of the most common questions regarding medical malpractice cases include those asking if the victim has a case, and how to choose the best lawyer possible to represent them in the case. The most ...
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