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Psychiatric Malpractice Lawsuit - When to File!

  Are you undergoing psychiatric treatment in Minnesota ? At times such treatments can be demanding, complicated and emotional experiences for both the psychiatrist and the patient. As the treatment is personal in nature, it becomes difficult to tell whether the doctor has committed any malpractice or not. Do you want to know when it is a medical malpractice and when it is mere poor doctoring? It is essential to differentiate between malpractice and poor doctoring as in the former case you can recover money damages to compensate the injury including emotional harm. Also there are alternatives to a malpractice lawsuit such as filing complaints against the employer of the psychiatrist, filing a human rights complaint, filing ethics charges against the doctor, writing negative reviews against the psychiatrist online as well as directly speaking to the psychiatrist. However, these alternatives won't provide you the compensation for any harm inflicted. So when you can file a malpracti...

Medical Malpractice - Things to Know!

"According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. - —right behind heart disease and cancer." Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2013/05/16/10-things-you-want-to-know-about-medical-malpractice/#3faa2926416b "The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that medical malpractice kills 225,000 patients annually." Source: https://www.seattlemalpracticelawyers.com/blog/2017/09/medical-malpractice-lawyer/ What is Medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice is a criminal act that occurs when a hospital, doctor or other health care professional causes an injury to a patient due to negligence. Due to the errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management such negligence might occur. When one can claim a medical malpractice case? You can claim a medical malpractice case under the law with the following characteristics: • When the standard of care is violated T...