It is important for patients in Pennsylvania to get the earliest possible cancer diagnosis so that treatment can begin. A misdiagnosis could cause the cancer to spread, making treatment ineffective. A misdiagnosis commonly means that the doctor found a condition but...
Misdiagnosis is the most common and costly type of medical mistake. Annually in the United States, it is estimated that 100,000 victims are killed or become permanently disabled due to medical misdiagnosis that was either completely missed or delayed. For that reason,...
When most people think of medical malpractice, they think of blatant errors made by doctors and nurses. They envision surgeries conducted on the wrong body parts, the administration of wrong medication that leads to severe adverse reactions, and failures to diagnose...