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| Compensating the Expert Medical Malpractice Witness |
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| Before the trial begins, the expert physician and the attorney should have a crystal clear understanding about the amount of the payment and who is responsible for that payment. Generally, it is considered unethical for a medical expert witness to agree to a payment based on the amount of the award. Under agreements between medical societies and bar associations in some states, it is the obligation of the attorney, not the client, to compensate the expert.
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| Psychiatric Malpractice |
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| The Emergency Rule and Medical Malpractice |
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| Failure to Properly Interpret a Physician's Medication Order |
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| When you are being treated in a hospital or in any other healthcare organization, you have the right to expect that you will be given the correct medication in the proper dose at the proper time. However, the number of medication errors is increasing in recent years, and the problem has become a major health care concern. Even though the prescription and administrative of medication is a routine part of medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical practice, deviations from proper practice have the potential to severely injury or even kill an unwary patient. More... |
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