Tag: surgeon
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Medical Error Case, Pt. 2
SURGEON ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO GET INFORMED CONSENT FROM PATIENT In a recent medical error case, a surgeon allegedly failed to get informed consent from the patient for a vaginal operation that pierced the patient’s rectum by mistake. Continued from my last post. During rectocele repair surgery, a New Jersey surgeon, Dr. Quartell, accidentally tore the…
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Auto Accident Attorney Tale: Dr. vs. Dr.
An auto accident attorney represents all kinds of people. Even doctors. Often, physicians are not particularly enamored of attorneys. Many doctors resent being held accountable by lawyers for medical errors. Indeed, the physician’s lobby has often argued for tort reform. By tort reform, they really mean denying compensation to victims of medical malpractice. But how do…