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Apr 2020
Choosing a lawyer – Michelangelo style
The pope once asked Michelangelo how he sculpted his masterpiece, David, from a nondescript block of marble. Michelangelo reportedly said, “It’s easy. I just remove everything that isn’t David.”
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Apr 2020
COVID-19 and Medical Malpractice
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is a concerning time. It is especially frightening for patients testing positive for the novel coronavirus, as well as the healthcare providers and companies working to treat patients and combat this outbreak. While we trust that providers are doing their best, thousands of patients continue to succumb to COVID-19 and related respiratory conditions. When patients do not…
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Apr 2020
Is an Apology Enough? When A, B, C, D is really CYA
A report written by Miranda Hester and published in Contemporary Pediatrics in October 2019 discussed an interactive forum for physicians where the main subject was what physicians should do and not do when they make a preventable error that causes injury to a patient. The report referred to such mistakes as potentially “career-defining” and as one of the “scariest moments” a healthcare provider may encounter…
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