| There are many types of malpractice law which | | | | the years they have spent going to medical or |
| may include medical, dental, and even the legal | | | | law school. They are not supposed to make |
| profession. How do we know if the doctor, | | | | mistakes. They are supposed to do everything in |
| dentist, or lawyer from who we are seeking | | | | their power to take care of your health or your |
| professional help is acting negligently? | | | | legal needs. They are most certainly not to |
| The Ethical Standards of Lawyers | | | | mislead you in any way. |
| The legal profession is one of great trust and | | | | When it comes to the medical profession, your |
| when legal advice is knowingly provided in a | | | | doctor is not to treat you or give you medical |
| manner in which it is not in the interest of the | | | | advice that would harm you. The doctor is |
| client, there may be grounds for legal remedy. By | | | | supposed to be fully aware of everything that is |
| proving there was an attorney-client relationship | | | | in your medical file to prevent any type of |
| and that the act committed by the attorney had | | | | medication or treatment being prescribed that |
| a direct adverse effect on the client, you may | | | | could be harmful to your health. Malpractice may |
| have grounds for charging the attorney with a | | | | occur when a doctor does not take the time to |
| violation of the malpractice law. This is especially | | | | make sure of your medical history or does |
| true if the act committed by the attorney was | | | | something that is completely against medical |
| foreseeable as causing harm to the client. | | | | practice when it comes to treating you. |
| The Ethical Standards of Doctors and Dentists | | | | An example of this is not too many years ago, |
| The medical field is another profession in which | | | | there was an incident in a hospital in the south. |
| we have to trust the doctor or dentist to do | | | | The patient was to have a leg amputated and the |
| what is in our best interest. When the trust that | | | | doctor amputated the wrong leg. This is truly a |
| we have placed in our medical professional is | | | | case where the malpractice law would apply and |
| violated by a mistake or even worse a mistake | | | | when this occurs, normally the insurance company |
| that was covered up, there may be grounds to | | | | for the doctor will settle with the patient out of |
| seek damages for the injuries we have suffered. | | | | court rather than being taken to court. |
| Each state has laws that it must follow when it | | | | If you think that you have been the victim of |
| comes to the charge of malpractice. Certain | | | | malpractice either in a medical situation or a legal |
| criteria must be met and the best way to find | | | | one, your best plan of action is to seek the |
| out what is considered malpractice is to seek the | | | | advice of a malpractice lawyer. Find out what |
| advice of a lawyer in your state. Unless it is a | | | | options you may have and if they include filing a |
| case of gross negligence, you are better off to | | | | malpractice lawsuit. There are restrictions on the |
| find out what constitutes malpractice before filing | | | | amount of time you may file so the best thing to |
| suit. | | | | do would be to immediately seek the advice of |
| Professionals Have a Code of Ethics to Follow | | | | an attorney. If you find that you have been the |
| The legal field as well as the medical field has a | | | | victim when it comes to malpractice law, take the |
| code of ethics which they must follow. The | | | | first step and see what your rights are. |
| doctors and lawyers are held in high regard for | | | | |