Examples of medical malpractice – Tennessee Injury Lawyer Blog https://www.tennesseeinjurylawyer.net Published by Tennessee Personal Injury Attorneys — The Law Office of Eric Beasley Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:36:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 118952862 Examples Of Medical Malpractice https://www.tennesseeinjurylawyer.net/examples-of-medical-malpractice/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:19:03 +0000 http://tennesseeinjuryattorney.com/blog/2013/12/examples-of-medical-malpractice.html Each year, many people experience undue suffering and pain because of medical malpractice. When a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional fails to exercise the appropriate amount of preparation and caution during a medical procedure or course of treatment, they put patients at risk for a variety of negative outcomes. In order to define medical malpractice, law makers and qualified attorneys have outlined a number of examples of medical malpractice. These examples can help you to know if you have been a victim of negligence and substandard service at the hands of a medical professional.

Diagnostic Malpractice

When a patient experiences diagnostic malpractice, it means that their doctor has failed to diagnose—or has delayed diagnosis of misdiagnosed—a serious, possibly life threatening, condition. This can result in unnecessary pain and suffering for a patient because the diagnostic error prevented them from gaining access to all available treatments. In cases of diagnostic malpractice, the patient would have been able to receive earlier treatments, or opted for different courses of treatment, that may have improved their health and prolonged their lives if the error had not occurred.

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