Medical malpractice occurs when a physician or health care facility fails to diagnose and properly treat a medical condition or give proper warning of the risks of any treatment or operation that causes or aggravates any injury or causes death. Medical malpractice cases can include, but are not limited to:
- Failure or delay in the diagnosis and/or
treatment of the disease process - A surgical or anesthesia related incident
during an operative procedure - Failure to gain proper consent, or to properly
inform patients of potential risks or side effects - Defective or poorly tested medical or assistive
devices, implants or prosthetics - Obstetric or paediatric issues
- Use of dangerous or ill-prescribed medication
- Wrongful death
By their very nature, medical malpractice cases are extremely difficult to prove, are complex, very expensive to pursue, inherently have a high rate of non-recovery and can lead to protracted litigation. Gluckstein & Associates LLP will quickly and efficiently determine whether you have an actionable case. We will obtain a detailed medical history including the names of attending physicians, hospitals and other health care providers and facilities that render treatment. In these types of cases it very valuable for clients to maintain records including dates, doctors' and nurses' names, symptoms, conversations with providers and the nature of any treatment received. On your behalf, we will retain our own medical experts in order to receive a qualified opinion as to whether the appropriate standard of care was administered.
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