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August 29, 2008
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Medical Malpractice Terms and Definitions

 

 

Miscarriage
When circumstances cause the mother's body to react to a problem in the pregnancy. This may cause bleeding, cramping, and will ultimately cause the loss of the pregnancy.

Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that most commonly affects breathing and digestion. Advances in medical treatment continue to improve the outlook for affected children and adults. However, there is no cure

Causalgia
Pain, usually burning, that is associated with autonomic changes -- change in color of the skin, change in temperature, change in sweating, swelling. Causalgia occurs after a nerve injury.

Comparative negligence
The doctrine of comparing degrees of fault among the responsible parties.

Delirium
A disturbance of the brain function that causes confusion and changes in alertness, attention, thinking and reasoning, memory, emotions, sleeping patterns and coordination.

Acute Pain
Pain that has a known cause and occurs for a limited time. Acute pain usually responds to treatment with analgesic medications and treatment of the cause of the pain.

Affidavit
A voluntary statement or declaration of facts that has been written down and confirmed under oath.

Anesthesia
A large class of claims related to anesthesia has resulted from cases where the anesthesiologist or anesthetist did not take a complete medical history of angina, myocardial infarction, recent upper respiratory infection, and asthma.

Joint-and-several liability
Liability in which each liable party is individually responsible for the entire obligation. Under joint-and-several liability, a plaintiff may choose to seek full damages from all, some, or any one of the parties alleged to have committed the injury.

Economic damages
Funds to compensate a plaintiff for the monetary costs of an injury, such as medical bills or loss of income.

Please contact us if anyone you know has suffered from debilitating injuries due to medical malpractice in Rhode Island.

 

 
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You still have rights even if you signed a consent form
A consent form does not give the health care provider a license to commit malpractice. While the execution of a typical consent form indicates acknowledgement of stated risks and complications associated with a given treatment or procedure, it does not relieve the health care provider from his or her duty of meeting the standard of care associated with such treatment or procedure.

 


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News about Medical Malpractice cases in Rhode Island and nationwide:

Consumers Unlikely To Engage In Protective Behaviors To Prevent Medical Errors
About 42 percent of the U.S. public says either they or a family member has experienced a medical error. Although the public has been provided with...
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Linder Votes To Protect Patients By Limiting Runaway Medical Malpractice Awards
“Across the country, patient care is being jeopardized by a medical liability system that rewards trial lawyers,” said Linder. “I have seen many fr...
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Gov. Blagojevich Revives Medical Malpractice Reform Negotiations
University of Illinois Hospitals’ Special Counsel and former Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court Donald P. O’Connell to serve as mediator in ...
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Today's Terms

Economic damages

Definition:
Funds to compensate a plaintiff for the monetary costs of an injury, such as medical bills or loss of income.

Plaintiff

Definition:
The party who initiates a legal action; in a personal injury lawsuit, the person who alleges that he or she has suffered monetary damages due the negligence of another party.

Medical Practice Act

Definition:
A statute of a US state or jurisdiction that outlines the scope of practice for physicians and the responsibility of the medical board to regulate that practice. The primary responsibility and obligation of a state medical board is to protect the public through proper licensing and regulation of physicians and, in some jurisdictions, other health care professionals.

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Malpractice Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Medical Malpractice:

  • Surgical Malpractice
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  • Bacterial Infections
  • Birth Injury
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Rhode Island Medical-Malpractice Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an Medical-Malpractice attorney you should contact our Medical-Malpractice Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Barrington
  • Bristol
  • Central Falls
  • Coventry
  • Cranston
  • Cumberland
  • East Greenwich
  • East Providence
  • Johnston
  • Lincoln
  • Middletown
  • Narragansett
  • Newport
  • North Kingstown
  • North Providence
  • Pawtucket
  • Portsmouth
  • Providence
  • Riverside
  • Tiverton
  • Wakefield
  • Warwick
  • West Warwick
  • Westerly
  • Woonsocket
 


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