Florida Patients May Be Asked to Sign Away Rights
Under a new Florida Medical Association (FMA) program, physicians may start asking patients to sign documents limiting the amount of money they could seek in malpractice lawsuits.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Bladder Cancer Patient Awarded $3.4 Million
A jury has awarded a southern California man $3.4 million in a case involving a doctor who failed to diagnose his bladder cancer in a timely manner, according to the Orange County Register.
No More Surgical Sponges Left Behind?
A new study points to a promising technology for detecting gauze sponges left inside a surgical patient. Nearly two thirds of the approximately 3,000 annual cases of surgical items left behind involve sponges, which do not show up on post-op x-rays.
When a Doctor Must Testify Against His Will
Dr. U, age 48, an experienced urologist, does both endoscopic and open abdominal surgery. As his experience accumulated, his reputation for “fixing the hard cases” grew, and referrals flowed his way. One of them he wished he had never accepted.
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