August 2019 Archives
Informed consent required prior to medical treatment for minors
There are various professionals that perform different services in Arizona. These professionals train to learn a certain trade or to provide certain services so they can provide it for others who do not understand how to do a certain things. One of these services that most people do not understand is how to diagnose and treat medical problems that occur throughout their lives. Therefore, they go to doctors and mother medical professionals who have gone through extensive training to learn how to treat various illnesses and injuries.
Study shows preventable medical errors affect 1 in 20 patients
Avoidable medical mistakes continue to be a troubling health concern in Arizona and across the United States, according to the medical journal BMJ. The study used data from 70 surveys involving more than 337,000 patients.
Victims of nursing home abuse could receive compensation
As people grow older, the body will not be as strong and people will experience more physical problems than they may have had when they were younger. Some of these physical problems will create a situation in which people are no longer able to care for themselves. In these situations, family members may need to move the loved one to assisted living or a nursing home so that they can receive the additional care that they need.
Why timely and correct diagnosis is important
When people go see doctors and other medical professionals they expect that they will be treated correctly for their injury or illness and start to get better. However, sometimes there is nothing that a doctor can do to treat the illness or injury and it will not get better no matter what they do. Other times, however, the condition gets worse because the doctor failed to diagnose the injury or illness. Doctors are supposed to try to diagnose the problem based on the symptoms that a person is suffering from at the time.