Having surgery can be a big deal. When a Pennsylvania resident must undergo an operation to fix an injury or illness, they may worry about all the factors that are associated with invasive medicine. They may wonder how long it will take for them to recover and if...
Medical professionals put in a lot of time and effort to get where they are. They spend years in medical school and residency to learn what they need to know to treat patients, and most of them need years, if not decades, to become fully proficient in their area of...
Many new nurses are eager to start working in the medical field. However, due to their lack of experience, they are more prone to make mistakes. Here are a handful of common mistakes that are typically made by new nurses in Pennsylvania. Falling accidents Some new...
Pennsylvanians place their health, well-being and often their entire lives in the hands of medical professionals when they seek treatment for an illness, injury or condition. While most think about doctors providing proper care, there are other links in the chain in...
Medical professionals have gone through extensive schooling and training to provide them with the knowledge and experience to treat patients. However, patients still have the right to decide what happens to their bodies. Legally, doctors are required to get informed...
Many Harrisburg area residents visit the dermatologist each year to have a mole check and make sure they don’t have any questionable looking moles or spots on the skin. Melanoma is a common cancer that affects over 100,000 Americans each year. But if this cancer is...
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...
The burden of proof is one of the most complicated rules in Pennsylvania’s court system. Understanding the burden of proof presents two issues: defining the standard of care that all health care givers must fulfill and what level of proof must the plaintiff produce to...