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1. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
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2. What is Medical Malpractice?
• Professional negligence
by a health care
professional
• Treatment provided was
substandard
• Caused harm, injury or
death to a patient.

3. What is Medical Malpractice?
• Wrong action taken by the medical practitioner
• Failure to take medically appropriate action.

4. Some examples of Medical Malpractice
• Medication errors
 Wrong doses, wrong
medication
• Spinal cord injuries
 Back pain after surgery
• Surgical errors

5. Other examples
• Labor and delivery-related errors.
• Failure to diagnose and treat in a timely manner.
• Anesthesia errors

6. Shocking Statistics!
• Med malpractice kills 225,000 people each year
(National Institute of Health).
• 12,000 people die each year from unnecessary
surgery (New York Times).

7. Shocking Statistics…
• Just 2% of all people injured file legal claims
for compensation (Health grades study).
• 50% of all medical malpractice legal claims are
filed against surgeons (Bureau of Justice
Statistics).

8. Medical Malpractice Law
Provides a way for patients to recover
compensation for any harm resulting from
sub-standard treatment.

9. Claim Characteristics
• Failure to provide a proper standard of care.
• An injury was the consequence of negligence.
• The patient’s injury must have very damaging
consequences.

10. Informed Consent
• A medical practitioner may also be legally liable if a
patient does not give "informed consent" to a
medical procedure that results in a harm to the
patient, even if the procedure is performed properly.

11. Medical error without harm
• If the patient is not harmed by the physician's
error, the patient cannot recover damages as the
result of the error.
• Unless you've been harmed, there's no medical
malpractice case.

12. Elements in a malpractice case
1. The plaintiff: the patient or a legally designated
person who acts on the patient's behalf.
2. The defendant: the party who is being sued. This
could be the doctor, nurse, therapist.

13. Elements…
3. The prevailing party - this is the party who wins
the case.
4. The losing party - the party who loses the case.
5. The fact-finder - the judge or jury.

14. Damages
The plaintiff may be
awarded:
• Compensatory
damages.
• Punitive damages.

15. Damages…
• Compensatory:
 May include economic damages such as lost
earning capacity, life care expenses, and medical
expenses.
 May include non economic damages such as
psychological and physical harm.

16. Damages…
• Punitive: Only awarded if the defendant is found
guilty of malicious or willful misconduct. It is a
form of punishment; compensation in excess of
actual damages.

17. Effects of Malpractice Suits on Doctor
• Depression
• Professional
dissatisfaction
• Emotional exhaustion
• Career burnout

18. For Medical Malpractice Cases
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