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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 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 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 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 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The decision to end life care and turn off life support for a family member is a heart-wrenching situation nobody wants to encounter. Nurses, doctors, and medical staff confront a variety of ethical ...
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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 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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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The majority of medical malpractice and medical negligence claims throughout the United States involve doctors and hospitals. Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Cancer is a combination of diseases with many different causes and outcomes. A cancer can occur anywhere in the body because of an abnormal proliferation of cancerous cells. These cells can either be ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In the field of medical malpractice, wrongful death claims involve a patient who has lost his or her life due to the negligence of a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional. The death can be the ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
How Much will it Cost to Pursue a Medical Malpractice Case? One of the first questions clients often ask us at the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates is, “how much will it cost to ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Are Hospitals Safe? Medical Errors Happen Frequently When most people think about going to a hospital for an operation, they are probably more afraid of the needle a doctor will insert into them, or ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Do you have a case for medical malpractice? To begin with, there are three issues that must be covered for a medical malpractice case to be proven: 1) That negligence was caused by at least one health ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A Pennsylvania jury has awarded a husband $2 million in damages in a medical malpractice case. The verdict comes after the husband sued a local gynecologist for medical malpractice , claiming that the ...
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