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Undergoing surgery requires placing our trust and our lives into the hands of a surgeon and surgical team while we are unconscious and completely vulnerable. Patients place themselves in this position when they need serious medical intervention with the expectation that their doctor will treat them within the high standard of care accepted by the…

Surgery places a patient in a vulnerable position, lying unconscious on the operating table while a surgical team performs a procedure with their patient’s literal life in their hands. Medical ethics laws require providers, including surgeons, to perform at the medical community’s accepted standard of care. Surgical care does not stop after the closing stitches….

Doctors and other medical providers are legally required to uphold the medical community’s accepted standards of care, including informing patients about their medical condition and the results of diagnostic tests. Unfortunately, doctors sometimes are negligent, cut corners, or allow important tasks to slip through the cracks. When an administrative error or doctor oversight occurs, and…

Some of our favorite television shows are focused on heroic action in hospital emergency rooms, but the reality of ER care is often far more chaotic, careless, and less inspiring. Emergency rooms are a common setting for medical malpractice, especially for preventable errors such as misdiagnosis, missed diagnoses, or delayed diagnosis. An ER doctor’s job…

Delayed diagnosis is an all-too-common type of medical malpractice in Chicago and elsewhere. Fortunately, most cases of delayed diagnosis don’t cause fatality; for instance, when a doctor’s delay in diagnosing bronchitis causes a worsened condition that’s quickly corrected after an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. But what about a delayed diagnosis of cancer, or a…

Undergoing surgery requires a tremendous leap of faith as we place ourselves into the hands of a medical team, understanding that we will be unconscious and completely vulnerable during the procedure. But what happens if an anesthesia error occurs and you find yourself awake during surgery? In the worst cases, awakening during surgery allows the…

Medical malpractice is a serious violation of a patient’s expectation that they will receive medical care that meets the medical community’s accepted standards. While we often think of medical malpractice as blatant trauma, such as amputating the wrong limb, leaving a surgical tool inside a body cavity, or a deadly anesthesia error, sometimes, medical malpractice…

The appropriate medical treatment for any illness, injury, or condition begins with a prompt, accurate diagnosis. When a doctor fails to correctly diagnose a medical condition and causes a delay in the diagnosis, the condition may require more aggressive treatment with adverse side effects, result in a worsened medical outcome, or cause wrongful death.A Chicago…