What is informed consent?
CMG Law
July 26, 2022
Picture this scenario: A surgeon convinced a patient to undergo an unnecessary and expensive major surgery even though a small procedure had already proved successful
Picture this scenario: A surgeon convinced a patient to undergo an unnecessary and expensive major surgery even though a small procedure had already proved successful
Picture a surgeon. Let’s see: light blue scrubs; scrub cap; blue surgical mask; steady hands; perhaps a tight ponytail tucked into the surgical cap? Or
Often one of the complications of medical negligence is long term, or chronic, pain. Some patients we have represented suffer pain from arachnoiditis, phantom pain
Say you have exhausted all non-surgical options, and your surgeon has recommended an orthopedic implant. You’ve spent years on this journey, trying to avoid implanting
A recent Op-Ed piece highlighted one of the ways in which the pandemic has improved the quality of care for patients in surgery. Early in
A report by the group Public Citizen shed some light on state medical licensing boards across the country. The report examined the extent to which
For the past ten plus years there has been controversy in medicine about whether tPA (tissue plasminogen activator) was effective in treating acute ischemic stroke
A recent op-ed in an internet medical journal highlighted what everyone already knows: “practice makes perfect.” The author pointed out that, in a particular Canadian surgery center
It may be common sense to think that life events do affect how people perform their job. In most of our professions, distractions come with
We handle civil claims of medical malpractice – that is, we recover money for folks who have been injured through negligence of a medical provider.