| Ethical and Malpractice Issues of Psychologists in Hospital Practice |
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| With increasing frequency, psychologists are working within a hospital setting. The reasons are varied: patients must be hospitalized; opportunities exist to work with other healthcare providers; and insurance companies require hospital privileges as a prerequisite for reimbursement. This expansion out of the private office to the hospital not only creates a more challenging and rewarding practice but it also gives rise to new ethical and malpractice dilemmas for the psychologist.More... |
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| Malpractice in Cesarean Sections |
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| Generally, a physician delivers a fetus through an abdominal and uterine incision when further delay in delivery might compromise the health of either the fetus or the mother. The rate of cesarean deliveries in the United States is increasing at a remarkable rate, and the reasons for this increase include the older age of women having children, the use of electronic fetal monitoring, a decrease in the use of forceps, and an increase in repeat cesarean sections and breech deliveries. More... |
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| Appealing a Verdict in a Medical Malpractice Action |
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| Despite the best efforts of your attorneys, the jury in your medical malpractice action ruled in favor of your physician. In your anger and disappointment, you want to appeal the decision immediately! More... |
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| Failure to Diagnose Stroke |
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| Failure to Diagnose StrokeMore... |
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| Physician's Duty of Care |
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| The special relationship between a doctor and his or her patient is one of trust, confidence, and extreme good faith, and it creates a fiduciary duty towards the patient. However, even when an injured patient is able to prove the existence of a duty, he must also show that it was the physician's breach of that duty that was the proximate cause of the patient's injury. The breach of a duty alone is generally not sufficient to sustain a medical malpractice action.More... |
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