MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE
Each year thousands of Americans die because of medical malpractice. Many more suffer permanent and serious injuries. Although many medical mistakes and poor outcomes occur, these are not necessarily medical malpractice. The King Law Center has the resources and experience to tell the difference. Many people think the term “medical malpractice” applies only to doctors, but it applies to all types of health care professionals, including chiropractors, therapists, nurses, psychologists, and dentists.
A medical care provider is negligent and falls below the standard of care if he or she fails to exercise the level of skill, knowledge, and care in diagnosis and treatment that other reasonably prudent medical care providers would possess and use under similar circumstances. Most medical care providers provide excellent medical care. Unfortunately, there are medical providers that do not hold themselves to the required standard of care.
