Misdiagnosis

Patient abandonment involves situations when a health care provider unilaterally terminates the relationship without a valid reason, reasonable notice or during a critical phase of care. For patients, the consequences can be terrible. Is patient abandonment also...

Your doctor may need the expertise of another physician to offer you appropriate care. Accordingly, they can refer you to a specialist, such as a cardiologist, oncologist, dermatologist, neurologist, etc. So, when should such a referral happen?  When they know you...

When it comes to medical malpractice, one of the top causes is just miscommunication within the hospital setting. In fact, some reports claim that communication failures are related to a full 27% of all medical malpractice cases. They may not solely cause these...

You deserve to have a doctor who listens to you. You don’t want them to make assumptions while making a diagnosis. They need to have all the proper information about your condition or your symptoms. The only way that doctors can truly provide optimal medical treatment...

Prescription medications are often useful for people with a variety of health challenges. Drugs can help control someone's blood sugar, limit their pain and stimulate their appetite. However, controlled substances are subject to physician oversight for a reason....

There are risks with surgery. Even minor surgery carries some level of risk, and major surgery that requires a person to be under the influence of anesthesia presents an even greater risk. There are thousands of successful surgical operations every day, of course, but...

Doctors are more likely to make the wrong diagnosis when a woman is having a heart attack than when a man is having one. This can be very problematic for women who are seeking emergency treatment. They may go to the doctor and be told to go home and rest. But this...

A hospital visit or trip to the doctor are things that everyone experiences at some point in their lives. Even the healthiest of individuals could be involved in an accident that results in injuries. Or, they may contract an illness that the immune system cannot fight...

Most people would assume that the last places people with disabilities would find a lack of accessible features and an understanding of their unique needs would be in doctors’ offices and other medical facilities. Sadly, according to a study published in Health...

One of, if not the most important aspect of medicine is making the correct diagnosis. Not only does a diagnosis need to be accurate, but it also needs to be timely. A failure to diagnose or delayed diagnosis can cause patients more suffering and may end up putting...