Medical Malpractice Research

Malpractice in healthcare happens very often and it’s very controversial. There are many reasons why patients sue physicians. Patients sue physicians because failure of diagnosis, birth injury, misdiagnosis, medication errors, failure of informed consent, and surgical errors (Judson & Harrison, 2015). In addition, Chandra et al. implied that, “Of those who did file, about 70% agreed with the position that there are too many medical malpractice lawsuits filed each year” (2009). Aside from the failures that physicians plan to reach, the patient’s motives are somewhat misleading. The reason why patients file lawsuits against physicians is because plaintiffs advised by knowledgeable acquaintances to sue, a cover-up, needed money, recognized that the child would have no future, recognized that the child would have no future, and wanted revenge or protect others from hard (Judson & Harrison, 2015). In general,

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Suits for medical malpractice are filed under a state’s tort law. An individual can bring a case against provider that treated him or by claiming that the provider acted negligently and that the negligence led to an adverse outcome. Three types of damages are awardable; economic damages for lost income and medical expenses, noneconomic damages for pain and suffering, and punitive damages if it can be shown that that provider acted in a reckless manner (2017).

In addition, a malpractice lawsuit can be relatively high. Physicians are able to purchase liability insurance that can cover these high costs just in case a lawsuit is being carried out against them. However, these liability insurance rates can be too expensive that physicians are pushed to eventually drop the liability insurance altogether. As a result, if the physician drop the liability insurance, the physician cannot obtain a position since most organizations require proof of the insurance as a