Often, physical injuries and health conditions are obvious – you cannot easily hide a broken leg or an extended stay in the hospital. When you are suffering from an injury or a worsened condition, your friends, relatives, and colleagues are going to ask you questions. Although you should not become a recluse in your recovery,…
Hospitals and other health care settings are meant to provide a safe, clean environment for patients to receive the medical treatment they need. Because of the populations served in rehabilitation centers, hospitals, and nursing homes, property owners and managers often have to take greater care to provide a safe environment than they would in a…
As soon as possible, especially if your injury can potentially have debilitating or life-threatening complications. Depending on the error that occurred, you might be able to receive corrective treatment from your original doctor. Contact him or her to discuss your injury, how it occurred, and what can be done to remedy it. If your doctor…
The spinal cord is the thin, tubular bundle of nerves that runs along the length of the spine. The vertebrae provides a hard, protective casing for the spinal cord, which transmits neural signals from the brain to the rest of the body. The spinal cord and the brain comprise the central nervous system, which is…
Moving a loved one into a nursing home is never an easy decision. But in many cases, it is the right decision because in a nursing home, the individual can receive the specialized medical care that he or she would not receive at home. Although you trust your loved one’s nursing home to provide him…
As an expectant parent, you want nothing more than for your child to be born healthy. Often, the only thing more heartbreaking than a child being born with a health problem is a child who suffers one because of negligence on the part of the delivering physician or another medical professional. A child can suffer…
Sometimes, an act of medical malpractice results in the patient’s death. When this happens, the patient’s loved ones may seek compensation for their damages caused by the death through a wrongful death claim. Generally, a victim’s spouse or adult child may file a wrongful death claim. If the victim was a minor, his or her…
Cerebral palsy and Erb’s palsy are two conditions that affect an infant’s movement and coordination. They are also two types of birth injury, which means that they can occur as the result of a physician’s negligence just prior to birth, during an infant’s birth, or shortly after birth. When a child suffers from cerebral or…
If you suffer from an injury or a worsened medical condition because of an error or an act of negligence on the part of your doctor, you may seek compensation for your damages through a medical malpractice claim. But in order to recover compensation, you must prove the following: Your doctor failed to uphold his…
Moving a loved one into a nursing home is never an easy decision. But if your loved one’s physical or mental limitations have made it impossible for him or her to safely remain living at home, moving him or her into a nursing home may be the best choice. During your visits to prospective facilities,…