Yes, you can be sued even when the patient refuses recommended medical treatment. The best way to minimize the risk to your medical practice is to document, document, document. In today’s Think Piece, consider the case of a patient refusing recommended …
Imagine you’re an office-based physician with privileges to practice at a hospital where you do not take call. A patient you treated in the past presents to the Emergency Department at that hospital. You are asked to come in but decline, …
A physician defendant appears for deposition with her lawyer. To their surprise, plaintiff’s counsel brought along a “nurse advisor” to the deposition. This advisor was not a party, a party’s lawyer (or the lawyer’s employee) or an expert witness. Does …
It’s that time again! In sincere appreciation for all you do, we are pleased to share a copy of our annual holiday eBook: Waranch & Brown’s “Top 5 of the Year,” Medical Defense Strategies, Tactics and Thoughts for Health Care …
It happens more often than you’d think: hospitals underestimate the risk of staying out of an appeal. Imagine a Hospital and a Doctor, represented separately and with separate insurance policies, take a medical malpractice case to trial. The Doctor has …
Most physicians and medical practitioners are familiar with the legal phrase “reasonable person” – a person may be negligent if they did not act as a reasonable person would have acted under the circumstances. But did you know that in …