Medical Malpractice

When you visit a medical facility for treatment, you may expect doctors to be capable of providing you with a certain standard of care. After all, doctors spend years studying and training to practice medicine and go through extensive vetting processes before...

A grieving family member is pursuing legal recourse after a loved one died in the hospital. The son of the decedent claims the hospital was negligent and reckless in the care administered to his father, due to a fatal medication error. He is pursuing compensation and...

When Delaware patients turn to doctors and other types of care providers, it is with the expectation that they will receive a certain level of care. When doctors, hospitals, nurses, technicians and others violate that trust through some type of negligence or a medical...

Surgery is often a stressful experience for patients, especially when the operation is medically urgent. Waking up to realize the procedure was performed on the wrong body part or -- perhaps even worse -- the wrong patient altogether can be devastating. Wrong-site...

It can be rather alarming to notice that your urine looks cloudy or tinged with a pink color. If you also experienced a pinching or burning feeling while urinating, you might start to worry that something is wrong, and, in fact, you might be correct. It’s always best...

Whether going under the knife for a routine procedure, testing or emergency procedure, having surgery can be a stressful experience. While patients might understandably feel nervous before a procedure, most still hope for the best. So, what do you do when you wake up...

If you’ve recently helped a loved one transition to a nursing home residence, you’ve no doubt encountered one or more challenges as he or she adapts to a new lifestyle. Especially if your loved one was somewhat independent until recently, it can be difficult coming to...

Most people in Delaware want to feel happy and fulfilled in their careers. However, those in the health care field -- particularly physician assistants -- may struggle to feel happy in their chosen professions. Those feelings can negatively affect patients in...

Your Delaware obstetrician (or midwife) is an integral component of your prenatal medical team. Throughout pregnancy and, also, during labor, delivery and post-partum recovery time, you can reasonably expect that your physician and other members of the team will...

Most workers in Delaware would not tolerate a workplace with a fatality rate so high that it was ranked as the third most common cause of death. Despite this, patients are expected to accept these risks when going to the doctor. Medical malpractice is indeed so...