When you check in at the hospital for treatment, you trust that the healthcare professionals who will attend to you are qualified, duly licensed to practice and capable of giving you the care you deserve. And more often than not, they are. However, if a healthcare...
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Informed consent is more than your signature on a form
Doctors may think they know what’s best for us, and when it comes to medical treatment, they should. However, as patients, we still have the right to decide how an injury, illness or other medical condition will be treated and to make those decisions for our children...
Have you been given the wrong medication?
When you’ve been affected by an illness that you cannot shake off yourself, you may need to go and see a doctor. The role of a doctor is to examine you, make an accurate diagnosis and then administer an effective treatment plan. Often, this involves taking a course of...
How post-surgical care can go wrong
When a person has surgery, there’s a period of time after they come out of anesthesia when they need to be monitored closely. The nursing staff members who are doing this must be very watchful or they risk the patient having problems. There are several things that...
Should cellphones be banned from operating rooms?
You wouldn’t want your doctor standing in front of you scrolling through their phone while you’re waiting to hear the results of your latest scans or tests. Likely, you wouldn’t want to know that their phone was on and in easy reach while they’re operating on you...
Why is medical malpractice hard to prove?
If you suffer injuries from negligence by a healthcare provider, you can file a medical malpractice against them for compensation for the damages you suffered. However, such claims have a reputation for being complicated due to the complexities involved. As a result,...
Has your doctor’s unprofessionalism caused harm?
Doctors go through years of training to ensure that they provide the highest standards of care. They have a legal duty to do the best for their patients and not act in a negligent manner. Generally, doctors adhere to their obligations and make people better....
Researchers have made progress in preventing a major cause of HAI
Being concerned about acquiring an infection during a hospital stay – even a brief one – certainly doesn’t make someone a “germophobe.” In fact, some 100,000 people die from hospital-acquired infection (HAI) complications every year. Some two-thirds of HAIs are...
Women’s heart attacks are still too commonly misdiagnosed
The risk of heart disease and heart attacks for women is better recognized than it used to be – largely thanks to efforts by the American Heart Association. That’s despite the fact that the disease is the leading cause of death for women. Too often, women fail to...
The impact of fatigue on doctors
Issues related to worker fatigue are seen across many industries. However, those in the healthcare field regularly work long hours and double shifts and neglect a basic human need – sleep. Unfortunately, without proper rest, the body doesn't have time to recover,...